Diagnostic errors in cerebrovascular disease: What are we missing?

Diagnostic error is the "failure to establish an accurate and timely explanation of the patient's health problems or communicate that explanation to the patient," according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences.1 These errors occur pervasively in all settings of our health care system, including outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, and the emergency room. Diagnostic errors harm patients and cost the health care system. Among malpractice claims between 1986 and 2010, diagnostic errors accounted for the largest number of claims.2 Diagnostic errors most often led to death and permanent injury and led to the highest total payments, summing approximately $38.8 million.2
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Stroke prevention, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Clinical trials Systematic review/meta analysis, Infarction, Subarachnoid hemorrhage EDITORIALS Source Type: research