Checklists to prevent diagnostic errors: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Diagnosis

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 163-169

  Ely, John W ^a   Graber, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

checklist; diagnostic errors; emergency medicine; primary health care; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84987828088     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2015-0008     Document Type: Article

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