Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy

Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy: This brief identifies major themes related to the current state of diagnostic safety and highlight key gaps in knowledge. Diagnostic errors have emerged as a major patient safety concern. A new issue brief—Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy—presents the results of a rapid narrative review and expert interviews to determine the current state of diagnostic safety and highlights key gaps in knowledge. The brief covers the past decade of progress in the field and identifies the current state of science and gaps in diagnostic safety work within 10 domains. Access the issue brief and other AHRQ publications related to diagnostic safety.