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In a new study, researchers from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have shown that by using an electronic clinical decision support tool to guide diagnosis and treatment in emergency department patients with pneumonia, they were able to reduce mortality rates, especially in patients experiencing socioeconomic hardships.  

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