Preventing communication errors in telephone medicine.

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Preventing communication errors in telephone medicine.

October 12, 2005

Reisman AB, Brown KE. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(10):959-63.

The authors use case scenarios to illustrate potential problems and provide practical solutions in caring for patients over the telephone.

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