Radiologist-initiated double reading of abdominal CT

"A 14% rate of clinically important changes made during double reading may justify quality assurance of radiological interpretation. Using expert second readers and a targeted selection of urgent cases and radiologists reading outside their specialty may increase the yield of discrepant cases."
Radiologist-initiated double reading of abdominal CT: retrospective analysis of the clinical importance of changes to radiology reports
PM Lauritzen et al.
BMJ Quality and Safety 2016;25:595-603 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004536

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How safe is primary care?

"Improving patient safety is at the forefront of policy and practice. While considerable progress has been made in understanding the frequency, causes and consequences of error in hospitals, less is known about the safety of primary care."

How safe is primary care? A systematic review
S Singh Panesar et al.
BMJ Qual Saf 2016;25:544-553 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004178

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Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

"Improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but it also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Achieving that goal will require a significant reenvisioning of the diagnostic process and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers."

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care
EP Balogh, BT Miller, JR Ball
National Academies Press
September 2015

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Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework

"We posit that the Safer Dx framework can be used by a variety of stakeholders including researchers, clinicians, health care organizations and policymakers, to stimulate both retrospective and more proactive measurement of diagnostic errors. The feedback and learning that would result will help develop subsequent interventions that lead to safer diagnosis, improved value of health care delivery and improved patient outcomes."

Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework
H Singh, DF Sittig
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:103-110 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003675

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