Use of health information technology to reduce diagnostic errors.

Robert El-Kareh; Omar Hasan; Gordon Schiff

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Use of health information technology to reduce diagnostic errors.

August 21, 2013

El-Kareh R, Hasan O, Schiff G. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22 Suppl 2:ii40-ii51.

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This review outlines 10 categories of tools, algorithms, and research methods used to examine the role of health information technology in reducing diagnostic errors.

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