The Wrong Patient

  1. Robert M. Wachter, MD;
  2. Kaveh G. Shojania, MD;
  3. Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH;
  4. Amy J. Markowitz, JD; and
  5. Mark Smith, MD, MBA
  1. University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143 (Wachter, Shojania) Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Saint) San Francisco, CA 94131 (Markowitz) California HealthCare Foundation; Oakland, CA 94607 (Smith)

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