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Diagnostic Errors

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Diagnostic Errors

•Clinical Misdiagnosis (37)

•Radiograph Interpretation Error (9)

•Diagnostic Test Interpretation Error (6)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (7)

•Australia and New Zealand (9)

•Central and South America (1)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (183)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Meeting/Conference (3)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (20)

•Special or Theme Issue (5)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (51)

•Active Errors (132)

•Latent Errors (22)

•Near Miss (1)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (62)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (27)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (68)

•Communication Improvement (54)

•Human Factors Engineering (17)

•Teamwork (7)

•Specialization of Care (8)

•Logistical Approaches (18)

•Culture of Safety (11)

•Technologic Approaches (50)

•Education and Training (49)

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (181)

•Nursing (3)

•Pharmacy (1)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (200)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (130)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (72)

•Patients (20)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (90)

•Psychiatric Facilities (2)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (36)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

•Patient Transport (3)

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STUDY

Assessment of the potential impact of a reminder system on the reduction of diagnostic errors: a quasi-experimental study.

Ramnarayan P, Roberts GC, Coren M, et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2006;6:22.

COMMENTARY

Finding and fixing diagnosis errors: can triggers help?

Schiff GD. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:89-92.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are you a great diagnostician?

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

AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

Reducing Diagnostic Errors.

Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2011.

COMMENTARY

Bringing diagnosis into the quality and safety equations.

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

REVIEW

Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine.

Berner ES, Graber ML. Am J Med. 2008;121(suppl 1):S2-S23.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Software for symptoms.

Borzo J. Wall Street Journal. May 23, 2005:R10.

BOOK/REPORT

When Doctors Don't Listen.

Wen L, Kosowsky J. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press; 2013. ISBN: 9780312594916.

STUDY

Identifying diagnostic errors in primary care using an electronic screening algorithm.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Khan MM, Petersen LA. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:302-308.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

For second opinion, consult a computer?

Hafner K. New York Times. December 3, 2012.

REVIEW

Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review.

Graber ML, Kissam S, Payne VL, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 21:535-557.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The robot will see you now.

Cohn J. The Atlantic. March 2013.

REVIEW

Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine.

Mamede S, Schmidt HG, Rikers R. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13:138-145.

COMMENTARY

Antiseizure Medication Disorder

Alldredge BK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

COMMENTARY

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use.

Babcock HM, Fraser VJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

COMMENTARY

Flaws in clinical reasoning: a common cause of diagnostic error.

Wellbery C. Am Fam Physician. 2011;84:1042-1048.

STUDY

The relationship between response time and diagnostic accuracy.

Sherbino J, Dore KL, Wood TJ, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87:785-791.

COMMENTARY

Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: What Do Doctors and Umpires Have in Common?

Graber ML. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2007.

COMMENTARY

Skin-deep diagnosis: affective bias and zebra retreat complicating the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis.

Miller CS. Am J Med Sci. 2013;345:53-56.

REVIEW

Cognitive diagnostic error in internal medicine.

van den Berge K, Mamede S. Eur J Intern Med. 2013 Apr 5; [Epub ahead of print].

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