Bedside clinicians' perceptions on the contributing role of diagnostic errors in acutely ill patient presentation: a survey of academic and community practice.

Chanyan Huang; Amelia Barwise; Jalal Soleimani; Yue Dong; Herasevich Svetlana; Syed Anjum Khan; Anne Gavin; Scott A Helgeson; Pablo Moreno-Franco; Yuliya Pinevich; Rahul Kashyap; Vitaly Herasevich; Ognjen Gajic; Brian W. Pickering

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Bedside clinicians' perceptions on the contributing role of diagnostic errors in acutely ill patient presentation: a survey of academic and community practice.

March 16, 2022

Huang C, Barwise A, Soleimani J, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(2):e454-e462.

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Identifying and reducing diagnostic errors remains a critical patient safety concern. This prospective study asked clinicians if they perceived that a diagnostic error played a part in rapid response team activations or unplanned admissions to the intensive care unit. Clinicians reported that 18% of acute care patients experienced diagnostic errors.

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