In today’s Health Alert, a new study suggests that 1 in 14 hospital patients may fall victim to harmful diagnostic mistakes, and most of these errors could have been prevented. Hundreds of ...
Examining care transitions in hospitalized patients revealed lower diagnostic error rates compared with traditional methods, ...
Researchers led by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston also found that most of those mistakes can be prevented, noting: "It is paramount to note that it is not one individual or process that is at ...
Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as ... medical care—suggest the findings of a single centre study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as ... medical care-;suggest the findings of a single center study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
Diagnostic errors are common in hospitals and are largely preventable, according to a new observational study led by Anuj K. Dalal, MD, from the Division of General Internal Medicine at Brigham ...
A diagnosis identifies a patient’s health problem and is a key to accessing the care and treatment they need. A diagnostic error is the failure to establish a ...