Hospitals overhaul ERs to reduce mistakes.

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Hospitals overhaul ERs to reduce mistakes.

January 30, 2005

Landro L.

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This newspaper article reports on efforts to reduce errors in emergency medicine, including improving physician–nurse communication, adopting timeouts before discharge, and using trigger systems.

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