Identifying Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care Using an Electronic Screening Algorithm
Open Access
- 12 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 167 (3) , 302-308
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.167.3.302
Abstract
The complexity and severity of illness seen in primary care have increased in recent years, contributing to higher risk for medical errors in this setting.1 It is possible that diagnostic errors are the most common types of error in primary care1-3 and the most expensive,4,5 being the leading basis for malpractice claims.1,4,6 Despite their importance, diagnostic errors are an underemphasized, underidentified, and understudied area of patient safety,7 perhaps because they are difficult to detect.6 Therefore, strategies to help identify diagnostic errors are critical to improving the quality and safety of primary care delivery.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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