Check your medical records for dangerous errors.

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Check your medical records for dangerous errors.

December 5, 2018

Graham J. Kaiser Health News. November 21, 2018.

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Patients can identify errors in their medical records that health care providers may not recognize. This news article highlights the importance of patients correcting seemingly simple mistakes such as name misspellings and phone numbers as these errors can contribute to situations that result in patient harm.

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