Can electronic clinical documentation help prevent diagnostic errors?

ized. But information and knowl­ edge do not equal wisdom, and it is too easy for nonexperts to take at face value statements made confidently by voices of authority. Physicians are in the best position to weigh informa­ tion and advise patients, draw­ ing on their understanding of available evidence as well as their training and experience. If anything, the wealth of infor­ mation on the Internet will make such expertise and experi­ ence more essential. The doctor, in our view, will never be op­ tional.