News-Medical.Net October 1, 2024
Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7%) hospital patients-;at least those receiving general medical care-;suggest the findings of a single center study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
Most (85%) of these errors are likely preventable and underscore the need for new approaches to improving surveillance to avoid these mistakes from happening in the first place, say the researchers.
Previously published reports suggest that current trigger tools for picking up medical mistakes aren’t good enough to detect harmful diagnostic errors, including those with less severe outcomes, suggest the researchers.
They therefore developed and validated a structured case review process to enable clinicians to interrogate the electronic...
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