Finding and fixing diagnosis errors: can triggers help?

Gordon D Schiff

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Finding and fixing diagnosis errors: can triggers help?

December 30, 2014

Schiff GD. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;21(2):89-92.

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This editorial discusses the potential of using electronic screening tools, known as triggers, to detect and prevent diagnostic errors.

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