Traditionally, the main concern of the medical profession has been to preclude diagnostic
errors, with a primary focus on the issues of underdiagnosis and undertreatment. Therefore …

One of the foremost reasons is the diminution in the quality of clinical skills or clinical
judgment. This again could be partly attributed to the mushrooming of medical colleges …

A significant insight to emerge from the review of the diagnostic failure literature by Drs.
Berner and Graber 1 is that the gaps in our knowledge far exceed the soundly established …

Diagnostic errors are thought to be a substantial source of avoidable illness and death in the
United States. Although diagnosis has always been central to the practice of medicine and …

Diagnostic excellenceis a priority of both patients and individual clinicians, yet does not
seem to be afforded the same attention by health care systems. Autopsy data from 2 …

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Choosing Wisely, a partnership between the ABIM
Foundation and specialty societies designed to promote clinician–patient conversations …

In 2014, a 48-year-old woman with a history of stroke and uncontrolled diabetes presented
to her local hospital for evaluation of a lesion on the left side of her face (Fig. 1). Previous …

M aking a correct and timely diagnosis is not only critical to the provision of safe patient care,
but central to our identity as general internists. In its absence, preventable harm can occur …

Almost a decade after the release of “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report that highlighted the imperative to …

The issue of diagnostic error is just emerging as a major problem in regard to patient safety,
although diagnostic errors have existed since the beginnings of medicine, millennia ago …