Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19.
Andrew D AuerbachGopi J AstikKevin J O'LearyPeter N BarishMolly A KantorKatie R RaffelSumant R RanjiStephanie K MuellerSharran N BurneyJanice GalinskyEsteban F GershanikAbhishek GoyalPooja R ChitneniSarah RastegarArmond M EsmailiCynthia FentonAnunta VirapongseLi-Kheng NgovMarisha BurdenAngela KenistonHemali PatelAshwin B GuptaJeff RohdeRuby MarrS Ryan GreysenMichele FangPranav ShahFrances MaoFarah KaiksowDavid SterkenJustin J ChoiJigar ContractorAbhishek KarwaDavid ChiaTiffany LeeColin C HubbardJudith MaselliAnuj K DalalJeffrey L SchnipperPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)
Among PUI patients, DEs were common and not associated with pandemic-related care changes, suggesting the importance of more general diagnostic process gaps in error propagation.