Background: Missed or delayed diagnoses are a com-mon but understudied area in patient safety research. To better understand the types, causes, and prevention of such errors, we surveyed clinicians to solicit perceived cases of missed and delayed diagnoses. Methods: A 6-item written survey was administered at 20 grand rounds presentations across the United States and by mail at 2 collaborating institutions. Respondents were asked to report 3 cases of diagnostic errors and to describe their perceived causes, seriousness, and frequency. Results: A total of 669 cases were reported by 310 clini-cians from 22 institutions. After cases without diagnostic errors or lacking sufficient details were excluded, 583 re-mained. Of these, 162 errors (28%)...
The release of the Institute of Medicine’s reportson health care quality and safety heightened thepu...
Missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis can lead to inappropriate patient care, poor patient outcome...
OBJECTIVE: We investigate the mechanisms of diagnostic error in primary care consultations to detect...
The authors reviewed malpractice claims alleging injury from a missed or delayed diagnosis. In 181 c...
Background: Although missed and delayed diagnoses have become an important patient safety concern, t...
Background: Collecting data on medical errors is es-sential for improving patient safety, but factor...
Background: Diagnostic errors often result in patient harm. Previous studies have shown that there i...
Abstract Background: Diagnostic errors associated with the failure to follow up on abnormal diagnost...
Diagnostic error research has largely focused on individual clinicians' decision making and system d...
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Diagnostic errors and delays carry potentially grave consequences fo...
Although the goal of patient safety is a laudable one, it is questionable whether state and national...
Diagnosis is one of the most important tasks performed by primary care physicians. The World Health ...
Background: Medical errors in the emergency department (ED) are common, and proportion of preventab...
OBJECTIVE: To define a quality assurance instrument to evaluate errors in diagnostic processes made ...
Background: Infectious diseases are commonly missed or misdiagnosed. Errors in diagnosing infectious...
The release of the Institute of Medicine’s reportson health care quality and safety heightened thepu...
Missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis can lead to inappropriate patient care, poor patient outcome...
OBJECTIVE: We investigate the mechanisms of diagnostic error in primary care consultations to detect...
The authors reviewed malpractice claims alleging injury from a missed or delayed diagnosis. In 181 c...
Background: Although missed and delayed diagnoses have become an important patient safety concern, t...
Background: Collecting data on medical errors is es-sential for improving patient safety, but factor...
Background: Diagnostic errors often result in patient harm. Previous studies have shown that there i...
Abstract Background: Diagnostic errors associated with the failure to follow up on abnormal diagnost...
Diagnostic error research has largely focused on individual clinicians' decision making and system d...
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Diagnostic errors and delays carry potentially grave consequences fo...
Although the goal of patient safety is a laudable one, it is questionable whether state and national...
Diagnosis is one of the most important tasks performed by primary care physicians. The World Health ...
Background: Medical errors in the emergency department (ED) are common, and proportion of preventab...
OBJECTIVE: To define a quality assurance instrument to evaluate errors in diagnostic processes made ...
Background: Infectious diseases are commonly missed or misdiagnosed. Errors in diagnosing infectious...
The release of the Institute of Medicine’s reportson health care quality and safety heightened thepu...
Missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis can lead to inappropriate patient care, poor patient outcome...
OBJECTIVE: We investigate the mechanisms of diagnostic error in primary care consultations to detect...