The path to diagnostic excellence includes feedback to calibrate how clinicians think. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The path to diagnostic excellence includes feedback to calibrate how clinicians think. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published February 2019

The path to diagnostic excellence includes feedback to calibrate how clinicians think.

Meyer AND, Singh H. JAMA. 2019 Feb 8; [Epub ahead of print].

Safe diagnosis is a complex challenge that requires multidisciplinary approaches to achieve lasting improvement. Effective feedback is a primary component of individual, team, and organizational learning. This commentary describes how creating pathways within an organization that enable physicians to provide and receive feedback about diagnostic performance can limit overdiagnosis and overuse.

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