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Diagnostic error in a national incident reporting system in the UK.

Sevdalis N, Jacklin R, Arora S, Vincent CA, Thomson RG. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16:1276-1281.

This study found a 0.5% diagnostic error rate among events filed as incident reports, with the greatest harm associated with events occurring in the emergency department.

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Resource Type

Study

Setting of Care

Hospitals

Target Audience

Health Care Providers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Safety Target

Diagnostic Errors

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Active Errors

Approach to Improving Safety

Governmental Reporting

Origin/Sponsor

United Kingdom