Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Reducing diagnostic error: A new horizon of opportunities for hospital medicine (18 October 2016)

Summary

Defining whether a diagnostic error has occurred can be difficult, but in order to reduce harms from diagnostic errors, hospitalists must first understand how these errors occur and then develop practical strategies to avoid them. This article in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine explores these issues and highlights new opportunities for reducing diagnostic error in hospitals.