AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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Diagnostic Errors

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Diagnostic Errors

•Clinical Misdiagnosis (53)

•Radiograph Interpretation Error (22)

•Diagnostic Test Interpretation Error (25)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (1)

•Asia (14)

•Australia and New Zealand (6)

•Central and South America (3)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (283)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Meeting/Conference (5)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (38)

•Press Release/Announcement (2)

•Special or Theme Issue (8)

•Web Resource (1)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (104)

•Active Errors (190)

•Latent Errors (42)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (101)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (42)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (121)

•Communication Improvement (83)

•Human Factors Engineering (36)

•Teamwork (10)

•Specialization of Care (15)

•Logistical Approaches (25)

•Culture of Safety (14)

•Technologic Approaches (60)

•Education and Training (73)

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (291)

•Nursing (7)

•Pharmacy (3)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (284)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (211)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (101)

•Patients (40)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (144)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (60)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (6)

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REVIEW

Quality in cancer diagnosis.

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010;60:139-165.

STUDY

Inaccuracies in assignment of clinical stage for localized prostate cancer.

Reese AC, Sadetsky N, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Cancer. 2011;117:283-289.

STUDY

Errors of diagnosis in pediatric practice: a multisite survey.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Wilson L, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:70-79.

STUDY

Psychiatry morbidity and mortality rounds: implementation and impact.

Goldman S, Demaso DR, Kemler B. Acad Psychiatry. 2009;33:383-388.

STUDY

Paid malpractice claims for adverse events in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Bishop TF, Ryan AK, Casalino LP. JAMA. 2011;305:2427-2431.

STUDY

Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors.

Schiff GD, Hasan O, Kim S, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1881-1887.

STUDY

Accuracy of interpretation of preparticipation screening electrocardiograms.

Hill AC, Miyake CY, Grady S, Dubin AM. J Pediatr. 2011;159:783-788.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical misdiagnoses can have fatal consequences.

Olsen D. State Journal-Register. June 26, 2011.

STUDY

Fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on poorly positioned or poorly taken radiographs: a retrospective study.

Tuncer S, Aksu N, Dilek H, Ozkan T, Hamzaoglu A. J Trauma. 2011;71:649-655.

REVIEW

Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review.

Pfeifer R, Pape HC. Patient Saf Surg. 2008;2:20.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

REVIEW

Singh H, Graber ML, Kissam SM, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:160-170.

STUDY

Has the pendulum swung too far? The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management.

Fairfax LM, Christmas AB, DeAugustinis M, et al. Am Surg. 2009;75:558-564.

REVIEW

Patient safety in dermatology: a review of the literature.

Cao LY, Taylor JS, Vidimos A. Dermatol Online J. 2010;16:3.

STUDY

The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative study.

McKinstry B, Hammersley V, Burton C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:298-303.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are you a great diagnostician?

Yasgur BS. Medscape Business of Medicine. March 27, 2013.

STUDY

Clinical staging error in prostate cancer: localization and relevance of undetected tumour areas.

Bolenz C, Gierth M, Grobholz R, et al. BJU Int. 2009;103:1184-1189.

COMMENTARY

Diagnostic errors—The next frontier for patient safety.

Newman-Toker DE, Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2009;301:1060-1062.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Lost surgical specimens, lost opportunities.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2005;2:1-5.

STUDY

Electronic health record-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care.

Singh H, Giardina TD, Forjuoh SN, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:93-100.

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