Summary
This article looks at why health journalists should be more thorough in their approach to covering news relating to diagnostic errors. Leading researchers suggest that health care providers have done little to address the problem of diagnostic errors since a seminal report was released by the Institute of Medicine in 2015 describing the widespread harms from missed and delayed diagnoses. The article looks at the issues relating to diagnosis and highlights the importance of journalists reporting on solutions as well as stories of harm. It also focuses on how health journalism can play a key role in holding healthcare organisations to account.
Why you should be writing about diagnostic errors (12 July 2023)
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/why-you-should-be-writing-about-diagnostic-errors/?blm_aid=28159
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