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Minimizing electronic health record patient–note mismatches.
Wilcox AB, Chen YH, Hripcsak G. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:511-514.

This study noted a 0.3% patient–note mismatch rate (i.e., finding a note in another patient’s record), and the authors suggest that the rate depends highly on the user interface design of the system.
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