Keeping updated on the application of information technology advances can improve personnel performance and directly impact patient care by shifting priorities from financial management to optimizing clinical and operational performance thereby creating a safer patient environment. The presenter addresses the driving forces for patient safety in the future and focuses on the role of information technology as it applies to electronic medical records (EMR), computerized provider order entry, robotic automation, telemedicine, integrated medical devices, bar coding, radiofrequency identification systems, and new facility construction. The purpose of this educational activity is to present the future benefits of information technology that improve patient safety and quality of care and increase efficiencies.