AHRQ
The study, "The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care:
estimations from three large observational studies involving U.S. adult
populations," used data from three previous studies of errors in general
primary care diagnosis, colorectal cancer diagnosis, and lung cancer
diagnosis. In all three studies, diagnostic errors were confirmed
through rigorous chart review. The authors estimated that about half of
the diagnostic errors they found could have severely harmed patients.
Diagnostic errors can harm patients by delaying their treatment. For
example, a delayed or incorrect cancer diagnosis could make the disease
harder to treat or more deadly.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
recently released the "SAFER Guides"—a new set of guides and
interactive tools to help health care providers more safely use
electronic health information technology products, including test
results reporting and follow up. These guides are available at www.healthit.gov/safer/safer-guides. More
e-Behaviorial Health
Benefit from new technologies... enable people to have remote access to CBT
