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In [[health care delivery]], '''diagnostic error''' is type of [[medical error]] and is a "incorrect diagnoses after clinical examination or technical diagnostic procedure."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[health care delivery]], '''diagnostic error''' is type of [[medical error]] and is a "incorrect diagnoses after clinical examination or technical diagnostic procedure."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
==Cause== | |||
Errors in the [[physical examination]] may be a cause diagnostic error.<ref>{{Cite journal | |||
| doi = 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.333 | |||
| volume = 169 | |||
| issue = 20 | |||
| pages = 1881-1887 | |||
| last = Schiff | |||
| first = Gordon D. | |||
| coauthors = Omar Hasan, Seijeoung Kim, Richard Abrams, Karen Cosby, Bruce L. Lambert, Arthur S. Elstein, Scott Hasler, Martin L. Kabongo, Nela Krosnjar, Richard Odwazny, Mary F. Wisniewski, Robert A. McNutt | |||
| title = Diagnostic Error in Medicine: Analysis of 583 Physician-Reported Errors | |||
| journal = Arch Intern Med | |||
| accessdate = 2009-11-10 | |||
| date = 2009-11-09 | |||
| url = http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/20/1881 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Prevention== | ==Prevention== | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 10 November 2009
In health care delivery, diagnostic error is type of medical error and is a "incorrect diagnoses after clinical examination or technical diagnostic procedure."[1]
Cause
Errors in the physical examination may be a cause diagnostic error.[2]
Prevention
Cognitive forcing strategies may help prevent diagnostic error.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Diagnostic error (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Schiff, Gordon D.; Omar Hasan, Seijeoung Kim, Richard Abrams, Karen Cosby, Bruce L. Lambert, Arthur S. Elstein, Scott Hasler, Martin L. Kabongo, Nela Krosnjar, Richard Odwazny, Mary F. Wisniewski, Robert A. McNutt (2009-11-09). "Diagnostic Error in Medicine: Analysis of 583 Physician-Reported Errors". Arch Intern Med 169 (20): 1881-1887. DOI:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.333. Retrieved on 2009-11-10. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Croskerry P (2003). "Cognitive forcing strategies in clinical decisionmaking.". Ann Emerg Med 41 (1): 110-20. DOI:10.1067/mem.2003.22. PMID 12514691. Research Blogging.