Inpatient notes: just what the doctor ordered—checklists to improve diagnosis.

Gupta A, Graber ML. Ann Intern Med. 2019;170:HO2-HO3.

Standardized approaches can enhance team communication, process reliability, and diagnostic thinking. This commentary suggests that checklist use is an underutilized low-cost interventionto reduce diagnostic error. The authors describe process checklists, which can can help manage cognitive challenges, and content checklists, which provide differential diagnoses for common symptoms.

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