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Title: Conditions associated with diagnostic error

Category: Administration

Keywords: Risk, diagnostic error (PubMed Search)

Posted: 1/21/2024 by Robert Flint, MD (Updated: 3/3/2026)

From the Canadian Medical Protective Association looking at  5 years of closed medical legal cases.  This fits with previous risk management data and should give us pause when treating these conditions.

References

https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/research-policy/know-your-risk/what-physicians-working-in-emergency-medicine-need-to-know?utm_source=24JAN19EN-D-Emergency-Medicine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Ebulletin

Published November 2023