Check your medical records for dangerous errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Check your medical records for dangerous errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published November 2018

Check your medical records for dangerous errors.

Graham J. Kaiser Health News. November 21, 2018.

Patients can identify errors in their medical records that health care providers may not recognize. This news article highlights the importance of patients correcting seemingly simplemistakes such as name misspellings and phone numbers as these errors can contribute to situations that result in patient harm.

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