Measuring and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Primary Care: Addressing the “Twin” Pandemics of Diagnostic Error and Clinician Burnout

• Published in: Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1404 - 1406
• Main Authors: Olson, Andrew P. J., Linzer, Mark, Schiff, Gordon D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.05.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Burnout; Diagnostic systems; Health care; Internal Medicine; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pandemics; Perspective; Primary care; Safety

Diagnostic errors are a source of unacceptable harm in health care. However, improvement efforts have been hampered by the lack of valid measures reflecting the quality of the diagnostic process. At the same time, it has become apparent that the healthcare work system, particularly in primary care,...