A critical appraisal of AHRQ's "Diagnostic Errors" report.
AHRQ's 2022 report Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review, which reported an estimated 7.4 million patients receive a misdiagnosis in the emergency department every year, garnered public, practitioner, and researcher attention. In this peer-reviewed commentary, the authors critique several components of the report. They also support AHRQ's recommended next steps, and further call for additional public and private funding opportunities to continue improving diagnostic accuracy in the emergency department.