Doctors' Diagnostic Errors Are Often Not Mentioned But Can Take A Serious Toll by Sandra G. Boodman. Kaiser Health News. May 6, 2013.
(1) Diagnoses that are missed, incorrect or delayed are believe to affect ___________ of cases.
(2) True or False: Misdiagnoses exceeds drug errors or surgery on the wrong patient or body part.
(3) According to a study cited in the article diagnostic errors in the ICU resulting in death numbered __________ .
(4) True or False: Misdiagnoses are more common in primary care.
(5) True or False: Rare or exotic diseases play the major role in misdiagnosis.
(6) Three reasons contributing to misdiagnosis include difficulty in ____________; the lack of ________; and generalized ___________.
(7) Two digital databases, __________ and ________, may contribute to better diagnosis.
(8) Discuss how diagnosis and hospital performance measures impact each other.
(9) True or False: Doctors discover if they have made the wrong diagnosis.
(10) The ________________ is "a petri dish" for diagnostic mistakes
(11) At least ______________missed diagnostic opportunities occur at U.S. primary care visits.
(12) Discuss overconfidence and professional self-image in diagnostic mistakes.
(13) Why is the question "What else could it be?" so important?
(14) How can an original diagnostic error set off a "cascade of mistakes"?
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