Physicians’ diagnostic errors are largely due to process breakdowns at the patient’s visit, and have the potential for moderate to severe patient harm, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A comprehensive study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals that emergency room diagnostic errors occur in approximately 3.2% of serious medical emergencies, affecting roughly 1 in every ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland found misdiagnoses in almost one in four ICU deaths, according to a study published in BMJ Quality & Safety. For the study, researchers ...

Lead author Nooshin Abbasi, MD, MPH, and senior author Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH, both of the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, have published a paper in Radiology, titled ...