Reducing diagnostic errors - Why now?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 2491-2493

  Khullar, Dhruv ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c,d   Jena, Anupam B ^e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TIME; TRENDS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951954795     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1508044     Document Type: Review

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