SAFER diagnosis: a teaching system to help reduce diagnostic errors in primary care

摘要

There is increasing evidence that errors in diagnosis are relatively common in primary care and that the vast majority are preventable.1,2 The human and financial cost of diagnostic errors is significant, leading the World Health Organization to declare that reducing diagnostic errors in primary care should be considered a global priority, adding that, ‘Training focused on the causes and impact of diagnostic error might help providers become more competent in error prevention.’3