Becker's Healthcare September 10, 2024
The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute.
Nearly 7 in 10 errors occur during the testing process, such as ordering, collecting, processing, and obtaining and communicating results, according to an ECRI analysis. The organization analyzed more than 3,000 patient safety adverse events and near-misses reported by healthcare workers.
Of those errors, more than 23% were due to a technical or processing error, “such as the misuse of testing equipment, a poorly processed specimen, or a clinician lacking the proper skill to conduct the test,” a Sept. 5 news release said. “Another 20% of testing errors were a result of mixed-up samples,...
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