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Patients with duplicate medical records are five times more likely to die after being admitted to hospital and three times more likely to require intensive care than those with a single medical record, reveals US research published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety. The findings prompt the researchers to call for improvements in data integrity and policy changes in health information management to boost patient safety.

Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02- ... tient.html