DOTmed August 4, 2022
Independent watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group has come up with 29 new recommendations for reducing diagnostic errors in hospitals that pose harm to patients.
Diagnostic errors are responsible for 40,000 to 80,000 deaths annually, and over 250,000 Americans experience one in hospitals, such as delays, wrong and missed diagnoses, and failure to effectively communicate diagnoses to patients.
Published on July 28, Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis: Recommended Practices for Hospitals outlines the suggestions, made by a national advisory group of physicians, nurses and other clinicians.
Leapfrog plans to survey hospitals that implement these practices in a national pilot in fall 2022, and will use the feedback to develop a new section of the Leapfrog Hospital survey that will be released in...
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