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diagnosis
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Why you should be writing about diagnostic errors
Health care providers must do more to address the problem of diagnostic errors, according to leading researchers in the field…
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Latest medical conference to go virtual will target improving diagnosis, reducing disparities
One of the nation’s most interesting, patient- and media-friendly medical organizations next week will focus on a topic more relevant…
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Advocate talks about progress on patient safety, offers story ideas
Lisa McGiffert is best known by journalist, health provider organizations and regulatory agencies, as the former director of the Consumers…
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Veteran journalist to lead patient safety topic area
Cheryl Clark, a journalist based in San Diego, will lead AHCJ’s newest core topic on patient safety. She will be…
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Women more often misdiagnosed because of gaps in trust and knowledge
Journalist, author, and editor Maya Dusenbery first became interested in why women are so often misdiagnosed about five years ago,…
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‘Conservative diagnosis’ means judicious testing to avoid potential harm
Balancing the challenges of underdiagnosis (missing or delaying important diagnoses) and overdiagnosis (labeling patients with diseases that may never cause…
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Conference among many efforts to reduce diagnostic errors
Every nine minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed. This…
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Increased optimism about new Alzheimer’s drugs, tests
You may have recently heard about the multimillion-dollar donation that Bill Gates and Leonard Lauder made to support research into…
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Explore how communities prepare for rise in people with Alzheimer’s
More people are living with Alzheimer’s than ever before — and more are also dying from the disease, according to…
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Journalists learn about efforts to improve diagnostic process
If you’ve read Dr. Lisa Sanders’ “Diagnosis” column in The New York Times Magazine, you know the process of identifying…