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Patient safety strategies targeted at diagnostic errors: a systematic review.

McDonald KM, Matesic B, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG, et al. Patient safety strategies targeted at diagnostic errors: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):381-389. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303051-00004

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March 13, 2013
McDonald KM, Matesic B, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):381-389.

Conducted as part of the AHRQ Making Health Care Safer II report, this article reviews the expanding research base in diagnostic error prevention. Several promising systems-based interventions were identified that seemed to reduce diagnostic errors, although the strength of evidence for these strategies was low.

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McDonald KM, Matesic B, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG, et al. Patient safety strategies targeted at diagnostic errors: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):381-389. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303051-00004

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