Diagnostic error in the emergency department: follow up of patients with minor trauma in the outpatient clinic.

Moonen PJ, Mercelina L, Boer W, Fret T. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2017;25:13.

Diagnostic error represents an ongoing patient safety challenge and is increasingly recognized as a source of patient harm. This retrospective study examined missed diagnoses and diagnostic error among patients presenting to an ambulatory clinic following an emergency department visit for minor trauma over a 6-month period. Commonly missed diagnoses included ankle, wrist, and foot fractures.

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