Objective Diagnostic errors lead to preventable hospital morbidity and mortality. ICU patients may be at particularly high risk for misdiagnosis. Little is known about misdiagnosis in pediatrics, ...

In its 2015 report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines diagnostic error two ways: (1) “The failure to establish an accurate ...

Nearly a fourth of patients who are transferred to intensive care units or die in hospitals are misdiagnosed or have delayed diagnoses, according to research published Jan. 8 in JAMA. In a study of ...

The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute. Nearly 7 in 10 errors occur ...

Healthcare organizations have focused on improving patient outcomes for years. Lately, however, the impact of diagnostic errors on outcomes has come under more intense scrutiny. Some research suggests ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Among the 160 cases of diagnostic errors, most may have ...

The International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, is a classification system for all physical and mental diseases produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s used for diagnosis, research ...

Authors acknowledge that both the 2022 World Health Organization and International Consensus Classification myelodysplastic syndrome criteria sets have value, while sorting out their similarities and ...