Diagnosing diagnostic errors: it's time to evolve the patient safety research paradigm

David C Stockwell^{1

2}, Paul Sharek^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA stockwell@jhu.edu.
² Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ General Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Editorial

David C Stockwell et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;31(10):701-703.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014517. Epub 2022 May 4.

David C Stockwell^{1

2}, Paul Sharek^{3

4}

¹ Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA stockwell@jhu.edu.
² Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ General Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Diagnostic errors; Human error; Patient safety.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.