Setting the record straight on measuring diagnostic errors. Reply to: 'Bad assumptions on primary care diagnostic errors' by Dr Richard Young

BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 May;24(5):345-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004140. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Authors

Hardeep Singh¹, Dean F Sittig²

Affiliations

¹ Houston Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
² University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics and the UT-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 25784768
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004140

No abstract available

Keywords: Primary care; Quality improvement; Quality measurement.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors*
Humans
Primary Health Care*

Grants and funding

R01HS022087/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States