Cause of death: sloppy doctors.

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Cause of death: sloppy doctors.

January 31, 2007

Caplan J. Time. January 15, 2007.

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This article reports on an industry-supported initiative to reduce medication errors by encouraging physicians to use electronic prescribing through a free Web-based tool.

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