Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the “Big Three”–vascular events, infections, and cancers

DE Newman-Toker, AC Schaffer, CW Yu-Moe… - Diagnosis, 2019 - degruyter.com
Background Diagnostic errors cause substantial preventable harm, but national estimates
vary widely from 40,000 to 4 million annually. This cross-sectional analysis of a large …

Diagnostic error in stroke—reasons and proposed solutions

E Bakradze, AL Liberman - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We discuss the frequency of stroke misdiagnosis and identify
subgroups of stroke at high risk for specific diagnostic errors. In addition, we review common …

A Machine-Learning-Based Approach for Identifying Diagnostic Errors in Electronic Medical Records

B Zhao, R Zhang, D Chen, K Bai, H Zhao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diagnostic error refers to a missed, delayed, or wrong diagnosis, which seriously affects
diagnostic reliability and safety. Identifying diagnostic errors is crucial for diagnostic error …

Feasibility and reliability testing of manual electronic health record reviews as a tool for timely identification of diagnostic error in patients at risk

J Soleimani, Y Pinevich, AK Barwise… - Applied clinical …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Background Although diagnostic error (DE) is a significant problem, it remains challenging
for clinicians to identify it reliably and to recognize its contribution to the clinical trajectory of …

A method to identify pediatric high-risk diagnoses missed in the emergency department

M Sundberg, CO Perron, A Kimia, A Landschaft… - Diagnosis, 2018 - degruyter.com
Background: Diagnostic error can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, healthcare
utilization and cost. The 2015 National Academy of Medicine report “Improving Diagnosis in …

Methodologies for evaluating strategies to reduce diagnostic error: report from the research summit at the 7th International Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference

BB Bruce, R El-Kareh, JW Ely, MH Kanter, G Rao… - Diagnosis, 2016 - degruyter.com
In this article we review current evidence on strategies to evaluate diagnostic error solutions,
discuss the methodological challenges that exist in investigating the value of these …

Creating Diagnostic Tests for Diagnostic Errors

AD Auerbach, JL Schnipper - JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
The study by Vaghani et al1 reports the prevalence of diagnostic errors (also known as
diagnostic opportunities) among veterans cared for and discharged from a national sample …