Sharing the process of diagnostic decision making. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Sharing the process of diagnostic decision making. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2017

Sharing the process of diagnostic decision making.

Brush JE Jr, Brophy JM. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 July 31; [Epub ahead of print].

Improving diagnosis has been recently promoted as a core area in patient safety. This commentary discusses how physicians can utilize cognitive decision making and likelihood ratios to address uncertainty and augment diagnosis. The authors suggest that clinicians learn to assess their diagnostic practices and skills to improve their performance.

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