Reducing Diagnostic Errors Worldwide Through Diagnostic Management Teams

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...

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...

Diagnostic Errors and ISABEL 1 Running head: DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS AND ISABEL Diagnostic Errors and ISABEL: A Web-Based Diagnostic Reminder System

Reducing inappropriate diagnostic practice through education and decision support.

OBJECTIVE To quantify non-compliance of diagnostic practice with recommendations in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways and the impact of interventions to reduce non-compliance. DESIGN Retrospective audits, followed by intervention and re-audits. SETTING Emergency department (ED) of Royal Perth Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Six hundred and thirty-eight patients (first audit) and 423 patients (second aud...

Outpatient Diagnostic Errors: Unrecognized Hyperglycemia

CASE DEFINITIONS. We identified all patients with abnormal test results suggestive of diabetes (i.e., hemoglobin [Hb] A1c ≥ 7.0% or plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL) on one or more occasions. Patients were considered to have recognized diabetes if they had an ICD-9 diagnostic code for diabetes in the administrative database or a diagnosis mentioned in their medical record (on the basis of medical rec...