AJMC October 21, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Care transitions offer a more accurate method for identifying diagnostic errors compared with traditional clinical triggers.
- The study found a lower prevalence of diagnostic errors, with missed electronic health record information being the most common cause.
- Few diagnostic errors were associated with harm, and most involved infectious, cardiovascular, and neurologic conditions.
- The study’s single-site nature and varying transition practices across hospitals limit generalizability, but findings remain promising.
Examining care transitions in hospitalized patients revealed lower diagnostic error rates compared with traditional methods, highlighting the effectiveness of this approach in identifying diagnostic challenges.
A lower prevalence of diagnostic errors was observed among hospitalized patients when examining errors during care transitions, suggesting that this approach may offer a...
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