diagnosis

A new report from the nonprofit patient safety organization pinpoints risks from EHRs, mobile health, behavioral health, clinician burnout, and...

This simple framework helps guide clinicians through condition diagnosis, prescribing, patient monitoring, and deciding therapy duration.

Collection of patient-generated data and embracing patient-centered communication are called crucial factors in avoiding harm from diagnostic errors.

Sepsis is particularly deadly for CHF patients, and predictors of mortality include older age and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

As rates of sexually transmitted infections steadily rise nationwide, public health officials and experts say primary care doctors need to...

What's clear is that voters want the protections. Even majorities of Republicans told pollsters this summer that it is 'very...

Best practices for giving bad news over the phone include communicating directly from physician to patient, being supportive, and arranging...

The ACT for Better Diagnosis initiative that launched this week wants to heighten awareness about diagnostic errors, and give stakeholders...

Poor handoffs, lack of feedback, limited support, and a complex diagnostic process contribute to the thousands of misdiagnosis-related hospital deaths...

Despite recommendations against screening low-risk patients for ovarian cancer, personal experiences with cancer can prompt physicians to act outside the...

For women aged 30 to 65, new national recommendations could mean end of Pap smear tests.

Recommendations fall into three categories: communication, tracking, and acknowledgement of an information review and associated actions.