Conceptual models have been developed to address challenges inherent in studying health
information technology (HIT). This chapter introduces an 8-dimensional model specifically …

Importance Diagnostic errors are an understudied aspect of ambulatory patient safety.
Objectives To determine the types of diseases missed and the diagnostic processes involved in …

Background The frequency of outpatient diagnostic errors is challenging to determine due
to varying error definitions and the need to review data across multiple providers and care …

Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes evade host immunity by expression of
a ceil-surface variant antigen and receptors for adherence to endothelial cells. These …

Dementia is a growing public health problem for which early detection may be beneficial.
Currently, the diagnosis of dementia in primary care is dependent mostly on clinical suspicion …

Methodological issues involved in assessing the prevalence of substance abuse in schizophrenia
are discussed, and previous research in this area is comprehensively reviewed. Many …

Background Despite wide recognition that the delivery of medical care by trainees involves
special risks, information about the types and causes of medical errors involving trainees is …

Biochar is a widely known soil amendment. Here we synthesize the available information on
influence of biochar application on different soil properties and crop productivity using meta-…

Background Errors in clinical reasoning occur in most cases in which the diagnosis is missed,
delayed or wrong. The goal of this review was to identify interventions that might reduce …

The Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human, published in 1999, represented a watershed
moment for the US health care system. The report dramatically raised the profile of patient …