Preventing the tragedy of misdiagnosis.

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Preventing the tragedy of misdiagnosis.

December 13, 2006

Landro L. The Wall Street Journal. November 29, 2006.

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This article describes a decision support program used by Kaiser Permanente and U.S. Veterans Administration to help minimize misdiagnosis.

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