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March 07, 2005 Volume 14 No. 5

Using Technology to Locate & Learn from Patient Safety Issues

Imagine trying to treat a patient who complains of ear pain and blurry vision, but refuses to give any medical history or submit to any medical tests. Diagnosis would be difficult, treatment a stab in the dark. And if the patient never returns for follow-up, the success of the treatment will remain forever a mystery.

This well-intentioned but weak approach is, in a nutshell, how many hospitals face patient safety issues, says Peter...

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