Latest issue of Briefings on Patient Safety available through Patient Safety Monitor
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
January 6, 2010
The January issue of Briefings on Patient Safety has been posted to the Patient Safety Monitor. The issue contains stories about preventing diagnosis errors, avoiding medication errors, and more. The following is an excerpt from the article about diagnosis errors:
When 310 physicians at 22 U.S. healthcare facilities were asked to anonymously confess the diagnostic errors they made or witnessed, the two most frequently listed conditions involved pulmonary embolism and adverse drug reactions, including overdoses and poisoning. Lung cancer diagnostic mistakes ranked a close third, followed by colorectal cancer, acute coronary syndrome, breast cancer, and stroke.
The doctors failed to order tests, neglected to report the results to their patients, or did not follow up when testing revealed abnormal findings.
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