Peer feedback, learning, and improvement: answering the call of the Institute of Medicine report on diagnostic error.

David B. Larson; Lane F. Donnelly; Daniel J. Podberesky; Arnold C. Merrow; Richard E. Sharpe; Jonathan B. Kruskal

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Peer feedback, learning, and improvement: answering the call of the Institute of Medicine report on diagnostic error.

December 7, 2016

Larson DB, Donnelly LF, Podberesky DJ, et al. Radiology. 2017;283(1):231-241.

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Improving the culture of safety within health care is an essential component of preventing errors. This commentary discusses the culture of radiology in the context of recent progress in understanding and reducing diagnostic error. The authors suggest that peer-oriented feedback and assessment would drive progress in improving safety in radiology.

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