Analyzing diagnostic errors in the acute setting: a process-driven approach.

Jacqueline A Griffin; Kevin Carr; Kerrin Bersani; Nicholas Piniella; Daniel Motta-Calderon; Maria Malik; Alison Garber; Kumiko O. Schnock; Ronen Rozenblum; David W. Bates; Jeffrey L. Schnipper; Anuj K Dalal

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Analyzing diagnostic errors in the acute setting: a process-driven approach.

October 20, 2021

Griffin JA, Carr K, Bersani K, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(1):77-88.

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Diagnostic errors in the acute care setting can result in increased morbidity and mortality. Using the Diagnostic Error Evaluation and Research (DEER) taxonomy, researchers reviewed 16 records of patients whose deaths were associated with at least one medical error. Most (81.3%) patients had at least one diagnostic error and a total of 113 failure points and 30 significant failure points.

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