Report focuses on risk to patients from ED errors. | PSNet

Report focuses on risk to patients from ED errors. | PSNet

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Published October 30, 2019

Report focuses on risk to patients from ED errors.

Palmer J. Report focuses on risk to patients from ED errors. Patient Saf Qual Healthcare. Sept/Oct 2019.

The pace of emergency care delivery can reduce reliability. This news story discusses an analysis of medical liability claims over a 5-year period that found diagnostic failure to be the driver of over 50% of the emergency department claims reviewed.

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