Background and aims Laboratory test results management systems are a complex safety
issue in primary care settings worldwide. Related failures lead to avoidable patient harm …

Objectives To analyse a medical protection organisation's database to identify hazards
related to general practice systems for ordering laboratory tests, managing test results and …

Medical negligence claims alleging? failure to diagnose? are a common cause of claims
against general practitioners. In these claims, there is often an underlying weakness in the …

Background In general practice internationally, many care teams handle large numbers of
laboratory test results relating to patients in their care. Related research about safety issues …

To quote Voltaire by way of Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. This
phrase rings especially true for medical trainees on reaching the point in their training when …

Introduction The failure to follow-up pathology and medical imaging test results poses
patient-safety risks which threaten the effectiveness, quality and safety of patient care. The …

Background Failure to follow-up test results is a critical safety issue. The objective was to
systematically review evidence quantifying the extent of failure to follow-up test results and …

Background: The systems-based management of laboratory test ordering and results
handling is a known source of error in primary care settings worldwide. The consequences …

Physicians order a lot of tests in primary care. We use tests to diagnose patients' complaints,
monitor chronic diseases, check medication levels and screen for health risks and early …

Context: Little is known about the types and outcomes of testing process errors that occur in
primary care. Objective: To describe types, predictors and outcomes of testing errors …