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  • Published July 2017

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: An Implementation Workshop.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. July 17, 2017; National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, DC.

Diagnostic error gained recognition as a patient safety concern with the publication of the Improving Diagnosis in Health Care report in 2015. This workshop will discuss progress since the report's release and review strategies for building on those successes to reduce diagnostic error.

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