New report addresses diagnostic errors
Members of the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis have agreed to take both individual and collective action to begin addressing the problem of diagnostic error and hope that their work will be a catalyst for translating ideas on how to improve diagnosis and implement concrete changes in health care delivery.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), recently renamed the National Academy of Medicine, last week released “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” a report that addresses diagnostic errors in health care. The report summarizes the evidence on this broad, system-wide problem and outlines recommendations to make diagnosis more accurate, reliable, efficient, and safe.
ACP is a member of the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, a collaboration of more than a dozen medical societies, health care organizations, patient and consumer advocates, and government partners that brings attention, awareness, and action to the issue of errors in diagnosis. Members of the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis have agreed to take both individual and collective action to begin addressing the problem of diagnostic error and hope that their work will be a catalyst for translating ideas on how to improve diagnosis and implement concrete changes in health care delivery.
“Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare” is available online.