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What is Diagnosis Safety

According to the World Health Organization, A diagnosis identifies a patient’s health problem and is a key to accessing the care and treatment they need. A diagnosis error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem, which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that explanation to the patient.  Diagnosis safety can be improved through interventions based in systems thinking, human factors, and active patient/ family engagement as partners in care. These actions include structured communication,...

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