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What If?: Transforming Diagnostic Research by Leveraging a Diagnostic Process Map to Engage Patients in Learning from Errors

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The ProblemResearchers estimate that up to 80,000 deaths per year in U.S. hospitals can be attributed to some form of diagnostic error [1].Misdiagnosis aff ects 12 million Americans in ambulatory care settings annually.The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's (the National Academies) 2015 report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care [2] highlights the urgent need for a research agenda on the diagnostic process and diagnostic errors.The report concludes that "patients are central to the solution," and highlights the critical need to establish partnerships with patients and families to improve diagnosis [2]. A Solution

Source: NAM Perspectives

DOI: 10.31478/202002a

Authors: Sue Sheridan, Patricia Merryweather, Diana Rusz, Gordon Schiff

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

Subfield: Family Practice

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3006617218

FWCI: 1.384

Cites: 2

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10