Webcast: When and Where Inaccurate or Delayed Diagnoses Happen
Inaccurate or delayed diagnoses are the most catastrophic and costly of medical errors and will affect most of us in our lifetimes. Watch our webcast highlighting new research quantifying the magnitude of the issue and pinpoint the specific disease categories in which inaccurate or delayed diagnoses are most likely to occur.
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Unexplained Symptoms: When Diagnostic Uncertainty Becomes a Diagnosis
By its nature, medically unexplained symptoms is a condition that is difficult to identify, classify, and manage. It is ill-defined, varied in its presentation, and often unrecognized by patients as a diagnosis in itself.
Diagnosis Education – A Pathway to Improving Diagnosis
The latest special issue of Diagnosis focuses specifically on diagnosis education and on early experience with pilot programs working to improve diagnosis-related training.
Addressing the Disparities Gap in Diagnosis
Patients entering the diagnostic process exhibit several highly visible risk factors hat affect efficient and accurate diagnostic decision-making. Yet there have not been focused efforts to understand how these factors impact symptoms, test results, and diagnosis.
Upcoming #TeachDx Twitter Chat
Join us on Tuesday, July 30 for our next #TeachDx Twitter chat on teaching clinical reasoning during case conferences.
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