BACKGROUND Notions about the most common errors in medicine currently rest on
conjecture and weak epidemiologic evidence. We sought to determine whether cascade …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relative incidence of serious errors of omission
versus errors of commission. OBJECTIVE: To identify the most common substantive medical …

Background Collecting data on medical errors is essential for improving patient safety, but
factors affecting error reporting by physicians are poorly understood. Methods Survey of …

OBJECTIVE To develop a taxonomy of errors derived solely from the content of error reports
using Canadian data from the Primary Care International Study of Medical Errors. DESIGN …

Background In response to the report by the Institute of Medicine on medical errors, national
groups have recommended actions to reduce the occurrence of preventable medical errors …

Background Missed or delayed diagnoses are a common but understudied area in patient
safety research. To better understand the types, causes, and prevention of such errors, we …

OBJECTIVE: To critically review the existing evidence on interventions aimed at reducing
errors in health care delivery. DESIGN: Systematic review of randomized trials on …

Although physicians have been described as “reluctant partners” in reporting medical errors,
this survey of 1,082 US physicians found that most were willing to share their knowledge …

BACKGROUND Despite recent attention given to medical errors, little is known about the
kinds and importance of medical errors in primary care. The principal aims of this study were …

Background Physicians are being asked to report errors from primary care, but little is known
about how they apply the term" error." This study qualitatively assesses the relationship …