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Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records.
April 14, 2011
Smits M, Huibers L, Kerssemeijer B, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:335.
This study found a low rate of patient safety incidents involving telephone care interactions. Most incidents were related to failures in clinical reasoning. A past AHRQ WebM&M commentary discussed potential pitfalls in providing medical advice by telephone.
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