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Diagnostic Errors

•Clinical Misdiagnosis (14)

•Radiograph Interpretation Error (8)

•Diagnostic Test Interpretation Error (8)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (1)

•Central and South America (1)

•North America (196)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (7)

•Book/Report (6)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (158)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Meeting/Conference (5)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (32)

•Special or Theme Issue (6)

•Web Resource (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (67)

•Active Errors (95)

•Latent Errors (15)

•Near Miss (2)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (47)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (33)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (95)

•Communication Improvement (40)

•Human Factors Engineering (14)

•Teamwork (4)

•Specialization of Care (7)

•Logistical Approaches (12)

•Culture of Safety (8)

•Technologic Approaches (31)

•Education and Training (35)

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (167)

•Pharmacy (2)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (154)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (119)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (67)

•Patients (31)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (80)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (30)

•Outpatient Surgery (1)

•Patient Transport (3)

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STUDY

Factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute stroke in young adults.

Kuruvilla A, Bhattacharya P, Rajamani K, Chaturvedi S. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011;20:523-527.

STUDY

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

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

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

REVIEW

The neurologist and patient safety.

Glick TH. Neurologist. 2005;11:140-149.

COMMENTARY

Diagnostic errors—The next frontier for patient safety.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are you a great diagnostician?

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

COMMENTARY

Bringing diagnosis into the quality and safety equations.

Graber ML, Wachter RM, Cassel CK. JAMA. 2012;308:1211-1212.

STUDY

Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy.

Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2533-2541.

STUDY

CT for suspected appendicitis in children: an analysis of diagnostic errors.

Taylor GA, Callahan MJ, Rodriguez D, Smink DS. Pediatr Radiol. 2006;36:331-337.

REVIEW

The medicolegal aspect of error in pathology: a search of jury verdicts and settlements.

Kornstein MJ, Byrne SP. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007;131:615-618.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

STUDY

Correlation of workload with disagreement and amendment rates in surgical pathology and nongynecologic cytology.

Renshaw AA, Gould EW. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006;125:820-822.

REVIEW

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Accountability for medical error: moving beyond blame to advocacy.

Bell SK, Delbanco T, Anderson-Shaw L, McDonald TB, Gallagher TH. Chest. 2011;140:519-526.

STUDY

Underdiagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents.

Hansen ML, Gunn PW, Kaelber DC. JAMA. 2007;298:874-879.

STUDY

25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank.

Saber-Tehrani AS, Lee HW, Mathews SC, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Apr 22; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Using medical malpractice closed claims data to reduce surgical risk and improve patient safety.

Manuel BM, Greenwald LM. Bull Am Coll Surg. March 2007;92:27-30.

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How can we make diagnosis safer?

Schiff GD, Leape LL. Acad Med. 2012;87:135-138.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Primary Care.

Kingston-Riechers J, Ospina M, Jonsson E, Childs P, McLeod L, Maxted JM. Edmondton, AB, Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2010. ISBN: 9781926541273.

COMMENTARY

Why diagnostic errors don't get any respect—and what can be done about them.

Wachter RM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1605-1610.

STUDY

Ambulatory care adverse events and preventable adverse events leading to a hospital admission.

Woods DM, Thomas EJ, Holl JL, Weiss KB, Brennan TA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:127-131.

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