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Deflect the Default in This Tonsillitis Encounter

Published on Fri Dec 09, 2022

Question: A patient came in with swollen glands and inflamed tonsils, and my pediatrician diagnosed acute tonsillitis. Our electronic medical records (EMRs) tend to default to [...]
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