Becker's Healthcare October 27, 2022
Erica Carbajal

Researchers have developed a list of 10 high-priority safety practices to help healthcare organizations address diagnostic errors, based on a comprehensive literature review and input from additional experts.

The list of practices was published in the November issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. To start, researchers identified possible practices based on literature reviews, reports from national and international organizations, and interviews with quality and safety leaders. To prioritize the top 10 practices, a Delphi panel was conducted that surveyed experts such as patient safety experts and diagnostic errors researchers, followed by an online expert panel.

“The prioritization process considered impact on patient safety and feasibility of practice implementation within a one- to three-year...

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