War games and diagnostic errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

War games and diagnostic errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published December 2016

War games and diagnostic errors.

Vaughn VM, Chopra V, Howell JD. BMJ. 2016;355:i6342.

This commentary draws parallels between a misinterpreted military training exercise with diagnostic errors to describe how premature closure and overreliance on technology can result in mistakes both on the battlefield and in diagnosis.

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