Improving Diagnosis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Improving Diagnosis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Special or Theme Issue
 
• Published October 2018

Improving Diagnosis.

Deutsch E, ed. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2018 Oct 31;15(suppl 1):1-70.

This special issue raises awareness of challenges to reducing diagnostic error. Articles discuss insights from experts about how to improve diagnosis, the role of patients in diagnostic error reduction, and diagnostic process improvement activities implemented in various health care facilities.

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