Patient safety efforts may prevent diagnostic errors

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Patient safety efforts may prevent diagnostic errors

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Electronic alerts and other technology-based aids may help prevent costly missed or delayed diagnoses, according to a new review of past evidence. "I think there's a general feeling that we're probably going to need multiple strategies," said Dr. David Newman-Toker, who studies diagnostic errors at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore but was not involved in the study. ...

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