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Family Practice 2008 25(3):137-138; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn039
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Editorial

Potential for improving patient safety by computerized decision support systems

Brendan C Delaney

Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, Email: b.c.delaney@bham.ac.uk

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General Practice, as the point of first contact with the health care system, is characterized by a wide range of potential diagnoses, relatively unstructured presentations and a low prevalence of serious morbidity. Although this may seem a benign environment for patient safety, the sheer volume of episodes, 90% of contacts in many health care systems, mean that only very low risks can be tolerated. Data from medical litigation cases show that delay in diagnosis . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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