Does inappropriate selectivity in information use relate to diagnostic errors and patient harm? The diagnosis of patients with dyspnea.

Laura Zwaan; Abel Thijs; Cordula Wagner; Danielle Timmermans

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Does inappropriate selectivity in information use relate to diagnostic errors and patient harm? The diagnosis of patients with dyspnea.

August 7, 2013

Zwaan L, Thijs A, Wagner C, et al. Soc Sci Med. 2013;91:32-8.

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Inappropriate selectivity (failure to consider all available information or potential diagnoses) was a major contributor to diagnostic errors in patients with dyspnea.

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