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Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care

Defining what constitutes quality care --especially in a large, urban hospital -- isn't easy. University of Cincinnati researchers, however, are addressing the nationwide problem with a unique system to reduce medical errors and improve patient care in local hospital emergency departments.

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