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Diagnostic Errors

•Clinical Misdiagnosis (35)

•Radiograph Interpretation Error (32)

•Diagnostic Test Interpretation Error (15)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (8)

•Central and South America (1)

•North America (199)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (2)

•Book/Report (6)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (247)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Meeting/Conference (5)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (15)

•Press Release/Announcement (1)

•Special or Theme Issue (4)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (86)

•Active Errors (150)

•Latent Errors (32)

•Near Miss (1)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (79)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (27)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (99)

•Communication Improvement (65)

•Human Factors Engineering (31)

•Teamwork (9)

•Specialization of Care (11)

•Logistical Approaches (21)

•Culture of Safety (14)

•Technologic Approaches (49)

•Education and Training (57)

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (242)

•Pharmacy (1)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (250)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (185)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (73)

•Patients (12)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (123)

•Psychiatric Facilities (3)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (50)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

•Patient Transport (5)

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STUDY

Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.

Griffey RT, Bohan JS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:344-346.

STUDY

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.

Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:196-205.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety and diagnostic error: tips for your next shift.

Sinclair D, Croskerry P. Can Fam Physician. 2010;56:28-30.

REVIEW

Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy: how to reduce them.

Youk JH, Kim EK, Kim MJ, Lee JY, Oh KK. Radiographics. 2007;27:79-94.

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Graduate medical education and patient safety: a busy--and occasionally hazardous--intersection.

Shojania KG, Fletcher KE, Saint S. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:592-598.

STUDY

Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory.

Tsai JJ, Yeun JY, Kumar VA, Don BR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:820-829.

COMMENTARY

Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?

Thompson GR, Verghese A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2006.

COMMENTARY

Radiological error: analysis, standard setting, targeted instruction and teamworking.

FitzGerald R. Eur Radiol. 2005;15:1760-1767.

COMMENTARY

Critical diagnoses (critical values) in anatomic pathology.

Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Hum Pathol. 2006;37:982-984.

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.

STUDY

Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services.

Chasin BS, Elliott SP, Klotz SA. Am J Med. 2007;120:819.e9-11.

COMMENTARY

Profiles in patient safety: misplaced femoral line guidewire and multiple failures to detect the foreign body on chest radiography.

Lum TE, Fairbanks RJ, Pennington EC, Zwemer FL. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:658-662.

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

Diagnosing Diagnostic Mistakes.

McNutt R, Abrams R, Hasler S. WebM&M [serial online]. May 2005.

STUDY

Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.

Lin YK, Lin CJ, Chan HM, et al. Injury. 2012 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print].

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Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.

Kistler CE, Walter LC, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1480-1487.

STUDY

Delayed or missed diagnosis of cervical spine injuries.

Platzer P, Hauswirth N, Jaindl M, Chatwani S, Vecsei V, Gaebler C. J Trauma. 2006;61:150-155.

COMMENTARY

The Wet Read

Arenson RL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2006.

STUDY

The nature and causes of unintended events reported at ten emergency departments.

Smits M, Groenewegen PP, Timmermans DRM, van der Wal G, Wagner C. BMC Emerg Med. 2009;9:16.

STUDY

The effect of clinical history on accuracy of electrocardiograph interpretation among doctors working in emergency departments.

Cruz MF, Edwards J, Dinh DM, Barnes EH. Med J Aust. 2012;197:161-165.

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