Measures to improve diagnostic safety in clinical practice.
Singh H, Graber ML, Hofer TP. Measures to Improve Diagnostic Safety in Clinical Practice. J Patient Saf. 2019;15(4):311-316. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000338.
Efforts to reduce diagnostic errors are hindered by the lack of effective measures to track improvement. This commentary proposes a set of measures for consideration that have the potential to structure research and evaluation of diagnosis improvement initiatives.