Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care

Preventing Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care - AAFP

First, frankly discuss any diagnostic uncertainty, and make sure the patient knows when and how to contact you if symptoms evolve or do not ...

Diagnostic Errors - Making Healthcare Safer III - NCBI

Diagnostic error, as defined by the National Academy of Medicine in 2015, is “the failure to (a) establish an accurate and timely explanation of the ...

Diagnostic errors reported in primary healthcare and emergency ...

Main findings. We found that 46% of reported preventable harm in PHC and EDs were due to diagnostic errors. Diagnostic errors in PHC mainly ...

Types and Origins of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care Settings

36. Graber ML, Kissam S, Payne VL, et al. Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(7):535-55722543420

Diagnostic Errors - IRIS - World Health Organization (WHO)

The term “provider” is used throughout this monograph to refer to the primary care workforce. A diagnostic error emerges when a diagnosis is missed, ...

Diagnostic error - Betsy Lehman Center

Diagnostic error is the failure to make and/or communicate a correct and timely explanation of a patient's health problem to the patient.

The global burden of diagnostic errors in primary care

In this narrative review, we discuss the global significance, burden and contributory factors related to diagnostic errors in primary care.

Diagnostic Errors | PSNet

In the Harvard Medical Practice Study, diagnostic error accounted for 17% of preventable errors in hospitalized patients, and a systematic review of autopsy ...

Technical Series on Safer Primary Care: Diagnostic errors

Technical Series on Safer Primary Care.

Three Tips to Avoid Common Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care

In interviews with Medscape Medical News, experts who have studied the root causes of diagnostic error suggested primary care clinicians focus ...

Measuring and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Primary Care

Diagnostic errors are a source of unacceptable harm in health care. However, improvement efforts have been hampered by the lack of valid ...

The causes and prevention of diagnostic errors in medicine

Shafer cited a study from the National Academy of Medicine that defines diagnostic error as a “failure to establish an accurate and timely ...

Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms From ...

The top cause of serious harm from misdiagnosis was stroke, which was found to be missed in 17.5% of cases. The researchers suggest that ...

Bottom line: Diagnostic errors reported in the primary care setting were most commonly related to issues of performing initial testing, ...

Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care: Lessons Learned

The incidence of diagnostic errors is unknown but has been estimated at 5% to 15%, depending on the setting and research methods. ... Diagnostic errors are the ...

Improving diagnosis in primary care one case at a time

While primary care physicians aim to diagnose patients as quickly and accurately as possible, a host of communications and record-keeping ...

Diagnostic difficulty and error in primary care—a systematic review

Diagnostic error in primary care can have serious implications for the patient, the clinician and the health-care system, possibly more so than other types of ...

Diagnostic Errors, Health Disparities, and Artificial Intelligence

The National Academy of Medicine recognizes diagnostic errors, defined as “the failure to establish an accurate and timely explanation of a ...

Strategies to reduce diagnostic errors: a systematic review

Diagnostic error can be defined as “diagnosis that was unintentionally delayed (sufficient information was available earlier), wrong (wrong ...

The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations ...

Conclusions Our population-based estimate suggests that diagnostic errors affect at least 1 in 20 US adults. This foundational evidence should encourage ...