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Family-reported errors may go undocumented on hospital records

By Reuters  
   February 28, 2017

Parents may notice medical errors and bad reactions to treatment that aren't documented in their children's hospital records, a U.S. study suggests. Overall error rates were nearly 16 percent higher with family reporting than without. And overall rates of adverse events were nearly 10 percent higher with family reporting, researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics.

 

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