Inpatient notes: reducing diagnostic error a new horizon of opportunities for hospital medicine. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Inpatient notes: reducing diagnostic error a new horizon of opportunities for hospital medicine. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published October 2016

Inpatient notes: reducing diagnostic error—a new horizon of opportunities for hospital medicine.

Singh H, Zwaan L. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:HO2-HO4.

Hospitalists have a key role in facilitating transitions and communication. This commentary discusses how hospitalists can prevent diagnostic errors and reviews opportunities for improvement, including encouraging patient involvement in their care and face-to-face team communication in difficult-to-diagnose cases.

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