Still, he adds, «I think it's also important to acknowledge that
physician diagnostic errors are fairly common.»
But even physicians provided incorrect diagnoses about 15 percent of the time, which is comparable with past estimates of
physician diagnostic error.
Not exact matches
The tool is used by
physicians to lower the rate of
diagnostic errors.
Thinking toward the future, Newman - Toker understands that
physician and hospital leadership «buy - in» relating to tracking
diagnostic errors may take time.
To avoid these types of
error,
physicians often run
diagnostic tests or observe the patient over a period of time before recommending a course of treatment.