Showing posts with label diagnostic errors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diagnostic errors. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 October 2015

Improving diagnosis in health care

"Despite the pervasiveness of diagnostic errors and the risk for serious patient harm, diagnostic errors have been largely unappreciated within the quality and patient safety movements in health care."

Improving diagnosis in health care
EP Balogh, BT Miller, JR Ball (eds.)
The National Academies Press
September 2015

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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Research in ambulatory patient safety

"This report comprises a review of publicly available research and other efforts to address ambulatory patient safety between 2000 and 2010."

Research in ambulatory patient safety 2000-2010: A 10-year review
CY Lorincz, E Drazen, PE Sokol, KV Neerukonda, J Metzger, MC Toepp, L Maul, DC Classen, MK Wynia
American Medical Association
December 2011

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