Background Patient engagement when providing patient access to health data results from
an interaction between the available tools and patients' individual capabilities. The recent …

Objective Patients and families are key partners in diagnosis, but methods to routinely
engage them in diagnostic safety are lacking. Policy mandating patient access to electronic …

Abstract Objectives The 2021 US Cures Act may engage patients to help reduce diagnostic
errors/delays. We examined the relationship between patient portal registration with/without …

Background Accurate and timely diagnosis relies on sharing perspectives among team
members and avoiding information asymmetries. Patients/Families hold unique diagnostic …

Objectives No framework currently exists to guide how payers and providers can
collaboratively develop and implement incentives to improve diagnostic safety. We …

Background Most health care organizations (HCOs) find diagnostic errors hard to address.
The research team developed a checklist (the Safer Dx Checklist) of 10 high-priority safety …

Background: Diagnostic excellence refers to the optimal process to attain an accurate and
precise explanation about a patient's condition and incorporates the perspectives of patients …

Objectives In the context of validating a measure of patient report specific to diagnostic
accuracy in emergency department or urgent care, this study investigates patients' and care …

Background Adverse event surveillance approaches underestimate the prevalence of
harmful diagnostic errors (DEs) related to hospital care. Methods We conducted a single …

Background Patients and families at risk for health disparities may also be at higher risk for
diagnostic errors but less likely to report them. Objectives This study aimed to explore …