Dementia is a growing public health problem for which early detection may be beneficial. Currently, the diagnosis of dementia in primary care is dependent mostly on clinical …
Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …
Importance Diagnostic errors are an understudied aspect of ambulatory patient safety. Objectives To determine the types of diseases missed and the diagnostic processes …
D Ferrucci, A Levas, S Bagchi, D Gondek, ET Mueller - Artificial Intelligence, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a vision for applying the Watson technology to health care and describes the steps needed to adapt and improve performance in a new domain …
Background Missed or delayed diagnoses are a common but understudied area in patient safety research. To better understand the types, causes, and prevention of such errors, we …
ES Berner, ML Graber - The American journal of medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
The great majority of medical diagnoses are made using automatic, fast, and frugal cognitive processes; they are correct most of the time. This analytic review concerns the exceptions …
Background We sought to characterise the frequency, health outcomes and economic consequences of diagnostic errors in the USA through analysis of closed, paid malpractice …
B Winters, J Custer, SM Galvagno… - BMJ quality & …, 2012 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Context Misdiagnoses may be an underappreciated cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Their prevalence, nature, and impact remain largely …
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