title: The early diagnosis project: a collaborative approach to risk management.
abstract: Diagnostic errors account for one-fifth of lawsuits against hospitals and physicians. Virtually all medical specialties are at risk for these lawsuits. To this point, risk managers have done little to assist physicians to reduce their risk of failure-to-diagnose (FTD) lawsuits. This article describes a collaborative effort to reduce FTD lawsuits in the primary care setting.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Holman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bobetic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douglass
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Machnowski
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Rehmar
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States