Accuracy of the Safer Dx Instrument to Identify Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 602-608

  Al Mutairi, Aymer ^a,b   Meyer, Ashley N D ^a   Thomas, Eric J ^c,d   Etchegaray, Jason M ^d,e   Roy, Kevin M ^b   Davalos, Maria Caridad ^b   Sheikh, Shazia ^b   Singh, Hardeep ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic error; diagnostic safety; measurement; patient safety; primary care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS;

EID: 84959179300     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3601-x     Document Type: Article

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