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Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services.
Chasin BS, Elliott SP, Klotz SA. Am J Med. 2007;120:819.e9-11.

This study gives examples of several diagnostic errors attributable at least in part to suboptimal communication between external laboratory or radiology facilities and treating clinicians.
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