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Acknowledgements

This article was supported by the Canada Research Chair in Medical Decision Science. The funding agency had no role in the design, analysis, or decision to publish the findings. We thank Irfan Dhalla, John Staples, and Christopher Yarnell for helpful comments on specific points.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Donald A. Redelmeier MD, MSc & Allan S. Detsky MD, PhD

  2. Evaluative Clinical Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Donald A. Redelmeier MD, MSc

  3. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Donald A. Redelmeier MD, MSc

  4. Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, G-151, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4N 3M5

    Donald A. Redelmeier MD, MSc

  5. Centre for Leading Injury Prevention Practice Education & Research, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Donald A. Redelmeier MD, MSc

  6. Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Allan S. Detsky MD, PhD

  7. Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada

    Allan S. Detsky MD, PhD

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Redelmeier, D.A., Detsky, A.S. Pitfalls with Smartphones in Medicine. J GEN INTERN MED 28, 1260–1263 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2467-4

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