Diagnostic Errors in Interactive Telepathology

Diagnostic Errors in Interactive Telepathology

Telepathology (TP) as a service in pathology at a distance is now widely used. It is integrated in the daily workflow of numerous pathologists. Meanwhile, in Germany 15 departments of pathology are using the telepathology technique for frozen section service; however, a common recognised quality standard in diagnostic accuracy is still missing. In a first step, the working group Aurich uses a T...

Comparison of Different Telepathology Solutions for Primary Frozen Section Diagnostic

In a retrospective study on a set of 125 cases we compared the following three telepathology solutions for primary frozen section diagnosis: ATM-TP (connection via ATM), TPS 1.0 (connection via LAN) and TELEMIC (connection via Internet), which represent different concepts of telepathological procedures. A set of 125 routine frozen sections (breast) was selected from the Charité cases of the yea...

Diagnostic errors in medical practice.

Diagnostic Errors in Trauma Care

Any doctor who has worked in an A&E Department will recall the relative ease with which clinical and radiological errors can occur; indeed all grades of medical staff are at risk. The medical defence organisations have been aware of this problem for many years and examples of A&E errors are highlighted in their annual reports. This excellent pocket size paperback written by an experienced A&E C...

Teaching for Reducing Diagnostic Errors.

Diagnostic errors, constituted by a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis detected later by additional tests or findings, are one of the most vexing issues in medicine. They are one of the commonest causes of patient- harm and also medical negligence claims. Although a variety of constructs have been proposed to explain diagnostic errors, the complex interplay of cognitive- and system-factors tha...