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The AHRQ Report on Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: the wrong answer to the wrong question.

June 28, 2023

Kelen GD, Kaji AH, Schreyer KE, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(3):336-340.

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In December 2022, AHRQ released Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: a Systematic Review which received extensive coverage in both academic publications and the national media. This peer-reviewed commentary asserts emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a greater safety risk than misdiagnosis, and errors are more frequently systemic rather than cognitive.

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