Diagnostic error

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1. Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly — Australia must take diagnostic safety seriously (24 November 2025)

   • Diagnosis
   • Diagnostic error
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     • Diagnosis
     • Diagnostic error
     • Australia

   By Mark Hughes, 28 November, 2025

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   • 28 November, 2025

2. “What else could it be?” A scoping review of questions for patients to ask throughout the diagnostic process (December 2024)

   • Patient engagement
   • Communication
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     • Patient engagement
     • Communication
     • Decision making
     • Diagnosis
     • Diagnostic error

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 27 December, 2024

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   • 27 December, 2024

3. Using patient experience surveys to identify potential diagnostic safety breakdowns: A mixed methods study (December 2024)

   • Diagnosis
   • Diagnostic error
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     • Diagnosis
     • Diagnostic error
     • Patient engagement
     • Survey
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 December, 2024

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   • 24 December, 2024

4. Arm position and blood pressure readings: The ARMS crossover randomized clinical trial (7 October 2024)

   • Blood / blood products
   • Diagnostic error
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Blood / blood products
     • Diagnostic error
     • WPSD24
     • Clinical trial

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 October, 2024

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   • 8 October, 2024

5. Sue Sheridan talks about how being engaged in the diagnostic journey can ensure timely and correct diagnosis

   • Diagnosis
   • Diagnostic error
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     • Diagnostic error
     • Patient death
     • Patient / family involvement
     • WPSD24

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 September, 2024

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   • 23 September, 2024

6. Catching cancer early: what more can we do as GPs?

   • Diagnostic error
   • General Practice
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     • Diagnostic error
     • General Practice
     • Cancer

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 17 September, 2024

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   • 17 September, 2024

7. Rheumatoid arthritis: would my life be different if I had been diagnosed sooner?

   • Diagnostic error
   • Arthritis
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     • Diagnostic error
     • Arthritis
     • WPSD24

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 September, 2024

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   • 10 September, 2024

8. Diagnostic errors and delays: why quality investigations are key

   • WPSD24
   • Human factors
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     • WPSD24
     • Human factors
     • Investigation
     • Diagnosis
     • Diagnostic error
     • Staff factors
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Organisational culture

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 9 September, 2024

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   • 9 September, 2024

9. Why a sociotechnical framework is necessary to address diagnostic error (3 August 2024)

   • Diagnostic error
   • Diagnosis
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     • Diagnostic error
     • Diagnosis
     • WPSD24

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 August, 2024

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   • 13 August, 2024

10. Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA (19 January 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Patient harmed
      • Research
      • USA
      • WPSD24

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 August, 2024

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    • 8 August, 2024

11. Patients for Patient Safety US: "What If" (30 July 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Speaking up
      • Patient / family involvement
      • WPSD24

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 August, 2024

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    • 6 August, 2024

12. Cal Sheridan’s journey with jaundice and kernicterus

    • Diagnostic error
    • Diagnosis
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Diagnosis
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Baby
      • Patient harmed
      • Disability
      • WPSD24

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 August, 2024

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    • 6 August, 2024

13. Recognizing excellence in diagnosis: Recommended practices for hospitals (Leapfrog Group, 28 July 2024)

    • Diagnostic error
    • Diagnosis
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Diagnosis
      • USA
      • Recommendations
      • WPSD24

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 August, 2024

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    • 6 August, 2024

14. Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework (2016)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Data
      • System safety
      • Human factors
      • WPSD24

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 June, 2024

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    • 25 June, 2024

15. ‘More than words’: interpersonal communication, cognitive bias and diagnostic errors (January 2022)

    • Diagnosis
    • Communication
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      • Diagnosis
      • Communication
      • WPSD24

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 24 June, 2024

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    • 24 June, 2024

16. Diagnostic error in mental health: a review (4 April 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Mental health
      • WPSD24

    By Mark Hughes, 16 May, 2024

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    • 16 May, 2024

17. Susannah Constantine: I nearly had a stroke—surgery saved my life (27 April 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Stroke
      • Electronic Health Record
      • Reports / results
      • WPSD24

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 April, 2024

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    • 30 April, 2024

18. AHRQ Issue Brief 3: Evidence on use of clinical reasoning checklists for diagnostic error reduction (September 2020)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Patient harmed
      • Checklists

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 April, 2024

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    • 19 April, 2024

19. Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the US (19 January 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Patient harmed
      • WPSD24
      • USA
      • Patient death

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 April, 2024

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    • 18 April, 2024

20. Stigmatizing language, patient demographics and errors in the diagnostic process (15 April 2024)

    • WPSD24
    • Diagnosis
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Research
      • Unconscious bias
      • Race
      • Health inequalities
      • Discrimination

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 April, 2024

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    • 18 April, 2024

21. Exploring clinical lessons learned by experienced hospitalists from diagnostic errors and successes (26 January 2024)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Staff factors
      • Organisational learning
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 March, 2024

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    • 20 March, 2024

22. Diagnostic errors in hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to intensive care (8 January 2024)

    • Diagnostic error
    • HDU / ICU
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      • Diagnostic error
      • HDU / ICU
      • Patient death
      • Transfer of care
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January, 2024

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    • 19 January, 2024

23. Diagnostic errors in hospitalised adults who died or were transferred to intensive care (8 January 2024)

    • Diagnostic error
    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
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      • Diagnostic error
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Adult
      • Patient death
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 January, 2024

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    • 12 January, 2024

24. Overlooking diagnostic errors: The grave potential consequences for patient safety (IHI, 18 October 2023)

    • Diagnosis
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Financial Incentives

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 November, 2023

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    • 10 November, 2023

25. Developing the Safer Dx Checklist of ten safety recommendations for health care organizations to address diagnostic errors (November 2022)

    • Diagnostic error
    • Checklists
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      • Diagnostic error
      • Checklists
      • Risk assessment
      • Recommendations

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 August, 2023

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    • 29 August, 2023