Improving Diagnosis in Health Care--The Next Imperative for Patient Safety

N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 24;373(26):2493-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1512241. Epub 2015 Nov 11.

Authors

Hardeep Singh¹, Mark L Graber

Affiliation

¹ From the Houston Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine - both in Houston (H.S.); RTI International, Raleigh-Durham, NC (M.L.G.); the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, New York (M.L.G.); and SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (M.L.G.).

PMID: 26559457
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1512241

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MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential*
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
Humans
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
Patient Safety*
United States