Commentary: Reducing Diagnostic Errors: Another Role for Checklists?
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Commentary: Reducing diagnostic errors: another role for checklists?
Diagnostic errors are a widespread problem, although the true magnitude is unknown because they cannot currently be measured validly. These errors have received relatively little attention despite alarming estimates of associated harm and death. One promising intervention to reduce preventable harm is the checklist. This intervention has proven successful in aviation, in which situations are li...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e3182082692