Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Ambulatory Setting: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims
By T. Gandhi, A. Kachalia, Eric J. Thomas, A. Puopolo, Catherine S. Yoon, T. Brennan, D. Studdert. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006
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Subfields: Emergency Medical Services, Family Practice, Pharmacy
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Citations in the corpus
- Early recognition of multiple sclerosis using natural language processing of the electronic health record (2017, background): “Frequent errors include failure to order or interpret a test, follow-up on finding an abnormal test result or complete a proper history or physical exam [3, 4].”
- Types and Origins of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care Settings (2013, methodology): “Diagnosticerrors (missed, delayed, or wrong diagnoses)(7) are of increasing concern in this setting.(8-14) However, data about the most frequent misdiagnosed conditions are scarce, and little is known about which diagnostic processes are most vulnerable to breakdown.”
- The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations (2014, background): “11 20 23 – 25 On the other hand, population-based studies have relied on medical record reviews, which are generally a gold standard for determining diagnostic error.”
- Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (2015, neutral): “Given the importance of diagnosis to patients and to health care decision making, as well as the pervasiveness of diagnostic errors in practice, it is surprising that this issue has been neglected within the quality improvement and patient safety movement (Gandhi et al., 2006; Graber et al., 2012; N”
- Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors. (2009, result): “The most frequently missed or delayed diagnoses reported by our survey respondents mirrored those reported from previous analyses of large malpractice claims databases, with cancer being the leading category, followed by cases of pulmonary embolism, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, and infections.(1”