That risk was then scaled by the incidence rate of new cases in the total US population ... “Diagnostic errors are errors of omission,” said Yang, who was not involved in the new study.

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.

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. Florida Residents ...

Among 9,147 hospitalized patients who received general medical care, an estimated 653 experienced a harmful diagnostic error, according to research published in BMJ. The study, led by researchers ...

The exact numbers vary by specialty and study, but, generally ... “I think all of us know that we make diagnostic errors, and every single one of us has [cases] that kind of haunt us, and ...

For the new study, a team led by Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in California examined health records and insurance claims for 12.2 million Americans for diagnostic codes for autistic ...