Examining care transitions in hospitalized patients revealed lower diagnostic error rates compared with traditional methods, ...
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 ...
"In the majority of cases, the diagnostic process works well," researchers told Newsweek. "But sometimes things do break down." ...
As many as one in 14 patients suffer harm due to diagnostic errors while in hospital, and most of these could be prevented, a ...
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 center study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as ... general medical care—suggest the findings of a single centre study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
Diagnostic errors are likely to be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7 per cent) hospital patients which requires new approaches to medical surveillance, a new study has stressed. The study ...
This session began with a discussion of a patient presentation pediatric hospitalists are very familiar with—a toddler with ...
A team led by Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in California examined health records and insurance claims for 12.2 million Americans for autism diagnosis trends.
(HealthDay News) — Harmful diagnostic errors (DEs) occur in an estimated one of every 14 hospitalized general medicine patients, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in BMJ Quality & Safety.
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 ...