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Pharmacists can improve diagnosis and help prevent diagnostic errors

  • Kiichi Enomoto EMAIL logo , Chintaro Kosaka , Toru Kimura , Satoshi Watanuki , Masaru Kurihara , Takashi Watari and Verity Schaye
Published/Copyright: January 31, 2022

Abstract

We present two cases that highlight the role of pharmacists in the diagnostic process and illustrate how a culture of safety and teamwork between pharmacists and physicians can help prevent diagnostic errors.


Corresponding author: Kiichi Enomoto, BSc, Department of Pharmacy, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, 2-11-1, Hikarigaoka, Nerima-Ku, Tokyo 179-0072, Japan, Phone: +81 3 3979 3611, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2021-10-18
Accepted: 2022-01-05
Published Online: 2022-01-31

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