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Publication|Articles|October 14, 2024
Hidden In Plain Sight: Exposing the Drivers of Diagnostic Error
This white paper explores diagnostic challenges in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings.
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This white paper explores diagnostic challenges in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings. In this paper, we investigate:
- How often diagnostic errors are occurring, and in which settings, based on data from closed malpractice claims.
- Why EDs are particularly vulnerable to diagnostic error.
- Where errors typically occur, and which diagnoses are most likely to be missed.
- Details about how diagnostic errors occur in infection, vascular, and orthopedic cases – the top three categories revealed by Coverys data.
- Recommendations to help reduce diagnostic errors in your ED.
- A self-assessment to help identify systems and educational opportunities.
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