Preferred language and diagnostic errors in the pediatric emergency department.

Jeremiah T Lowe; Jan Leonard; Fidelity Dominguez; Kaitlin Widmer; Sara J Deakyne Davies; Alexandria J Wiersma; Marcela Mendenhall; Joseph A Grubenhoff

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Preferred language and diagnostic errors in the pediatric emergency department.

November 8, 2023

Lowe JT, Leonard J, Dominguez F, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2024;11(1):49-53.

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Non-English primary language (NEPL) patients may encounter barriers navigating the healthcare system and communicating with providers. In this retrospective study, researchers used the Safer Dx tool to explore differences in diagnostic errors among NEPL versus English-proficient (EP) patients. Among 172 patients who experienced a diagnostic error, the proportion was similar among EP and NEPL groups and NEPL did not predict higher odds of diagnostic error.

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