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## Background: Checklists have been shown to improve performance of complex, error-prone processes. to develop a checklist with potential to reduce the likelihood of diagnostic error for patients presenting to the emergency room (er) with undiagnosed conditions. ## Methods: Participants included 15 staff er physicians working in two large academic centers. a rapid cycle design and evaluation process was used to develop a general checklist for high-risk situations vulnerable to diagnostic error. physicians used the general checklists and a set of symptom-specific checklists for a period of 2 months. we conducted a mixed methods evaluation that included interviews regarding user perceptions and quantitative assessment of resource utilization before and after checklist use. ## Results: A general checklist was developed iteratively by obtaining feedback from users and subject matter experts, and was trialed along with a set of specific checklists in the er. both the general and the symptom-specific checklists were judged to be helpful, with a slight preference for using symptom-specific lists. checklist use commonly prompted consideration of additional diagnostic possibilities, changed

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Author

Mark L. Graber; Asta V. Sorensen; Jon Biswas; Varsha Modi; Andrew Wackett; Scott Johnson; Nancy Lenfestey; Ashley N.D. Meyer; Hardeep Singh

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2014

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)