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To reduce errors, hospitals must be free and safe to share data

  June 03, 2012

Evan Falchuk writes: Kudos to the Globe for Liz Kowalczyk’s insightful cover story on hospitals’ growing awareness of the need to respond to serious mistakes, such as misdiagnosis. But let’s take the commendable start of apologizing and paying for these mistakes a crucial step further: With public studies showing misdiagnosis rates ranging from 15 to 44 percent, we have a tremendous opportunity to reduce these numbers significantly.

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