Primary care pediatricians' interest in diagnostic error reduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic errors causing harm in children are understudied, resulting in a knowledge gap regarding pediatricians' interest in reducing their incidence.

Methods

Electronic survey of general pediatricians focusing on diagnostic error incidence, errors they were interested in trying to improve, and errors reduced by their electronic health record (EHR).

Results

Of 300 contacted pediatricians, 77 (26%) responded, 58 (19%) served ambulatory patients, and 48 (16%) completed the entire questionnaire. Of these 48, 17 (35%) reported making a diagnostic error at least monthly, and 16 (33%) reported making a diagnostic error resulting in an adverse event at least annually. Pediatricians were "most" interested in "trying to improve" missed diagnosis of hypertension (1

SUBMITTER: Rinke ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241907 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature