A5038248452- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Innovations in Medical Education
University of Michigan
2023
Michigan Medicine
2021
Diagnostic errors contribute to patient harm, though few data exist describe their prevalence or underlying causes among medical inpatients.
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic required clinicians to care for a disease with evolving characteristics while also adhering changes (e.g., physical distancing practices) that might lead diagnostic errors (DEs). Objective To determine the frequency of DEs and their causes among patients hospitalized under investigation (PUI) COVID-19. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting Eight medical centers affiliated Hospital Medicine ReEngineering Network (HOMERuN). Target population Adults...
Second Victim Programs (SVPs) provide support for healthcare providers involved in a near-miss, medical error, or adverse patient outcomes. Little is known about existence and structure of SVPs top performing US hospitals.We performed prospective study interviewed individuals representing from 20 News World Report (USNWR) Honor Roll Hospitals. Telephone interviews were recorded, transcribed, de-identified. To allow identification both quantitative qualitative themes that unified...