Diagnostic error is increasingly recognized as a major patient safety concern. Efforts to
improve diagnosis have largely focused on safety and quality improvement initiatives that …

Diagnosis is the cornerstone of providing safe and effective medical care. Still, diagnostic
errors are all too common. A key to improving diagnosis in practice is improving diagnosis …

Background Given an unacceptably high incidence of diagnostic errors, we sought to
identify the key competencies that should be considered for inclusion in health professions …

Diagnostic error typically involves both system-related and cognitive root causes.
Educational interventions are proposed to address both of these dimensions: In regard to …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Medical diagnoses that are wrong, missed, or delayed make
up a large fraction of all medical errors and cause substantial suffering and injury …

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care-it provides an explanation of a
patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic …

Problem Reducing diagnostic errors requires improving both systems and individual clinical
reasoning. One strategy to achieve diagnostic excellence is learning from feedback …

Diagnostic error is a prevalent, harmful, and costly phenomenon. Multiple national health
care and governmental organizations have recently identified the need to improve …

Background: Despite an increasing emphasis on patient safety on the part of healthcare
systems worldwide, diagnostic error remains common. Errors frequently result in significant …

Missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis can lead to inappropriate patient care, poor patient
outcomes, and increased cost. This systematic review analyzed evaluations of interventions …