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Read about the practices employed to reduce risks that were the result of missed or delayed diagnoses.
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Delayed Diagnosis
Jun 30, 2013
Patient Safety Alert 11: Delayed Diagnosis (PDF)
The AMC PSO has performed an in-depth analysis of patient safety issues in the ED setting and has identified practices employed to reduce risks that were the result of missed or delayed diagnoses.
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ED personnel need to be progressively educated in techniques to increase patient safety and cognizant of best practices to reduce their own risk.
- These root cause analysis highlighted distinct areas in the patient care delivery process where errors were most likely to occur leading to missed and delayed diagnosis:
– during patient hand-offs - Learn more.
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