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diagnostic error, n a mistake in judgment regarding the cause of an illness. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Invasive procedures such as surgery were the single biggest cause of indemnity claims followed by diagnostic errors. In How Doctors Think, he uses a series of case histories and interviews with physicians and patients to explore the nature of diagnostic error, and to come up with suggestions for how both doctors and patients can avoid it. Although diagnostic error was the most common category in both VA and NPDB data, the latter data base included all paid malpractice claims, whereas the VA data for this report were restricted to paid VA malpractice claims in which a review panel determined that the care rendered was substandard. |
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