Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection: Diagnostic Safety 0.1.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Register. 2021;86(103): 29263-29264.
Measurement of diagnostic errors is an important challenge in health care. This announcement calls for the review of Common Formats for Event Reporting--Diagnostic Safety or CFER-DS, and supplies links to the draft formats for public comment. The development of a standard system for voluntary reporting of diagnostic errors to patient safety organizations will support effective data collection and measurement. The process for submitting comments is now closed.