War games and diagnostic errors.

Valerie M. Vaughn; Vineet Chopra; Joel D. Howell

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War games and diagnostic errors.

January 18, 2017

Vaughn VM, Chopra V, Howell JD. BMJ. 2016;355:i6342.

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This commentary draws parallels between a misinterpreted military training exercise with diagnostic errors to describe how premature closure and overreliance on technology can result in mistakes both on the battlefield and in diagnosis.

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