Becker's Healthcare October 23, 2019
The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit patient safety organization, released its report detailing the biggest risks patients face in ambulatory care, highlighting the areas clinicians should pay attention to.
The ECRI Institute analyzed 4,355 adverse events reported by ambulatory care practices, physician practices and community health centers between December 2017 and November 2018.
The organization found diagnostic testing errors were the most common adverse event, comprising half of the events studied. Specifically, nine out of 10 diagnostic errors were attributed to laboratory and imaging tests, including conducting excessive or unnecessary tests. ECRI Institute recommended providing decision support tools to providers to reduce testing errors.
Medication errors were the second most common errors for ambulatory patients. Adverse events involving medication include...
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