title: The patient is in: patient involvement strategies for diagnostic error mitigation.
abstract: Although healthcare quality and patient safety have longstanding international attention, the target of reducing diagnostic errors has only recently gained prominence, even though numerous patients, families and professional caregivers have suffered from diagnostic mishaps for a long time. Similarly, patients have always been involved in their own care to some extent, but only recently have patients sought more opportunities for engagement and participation in healthcare improvements. This paper brings these two promising trends together, analysing strategies for patient involvement in reducing diagnostic errors in an individual's own care, in improving the healthcare delivery system's diagnostic safety, and in contributing to research and policy development on diagnosis-related issues.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine and University of California, School of Public Health, , Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Cindy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Graber
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D030881:Disclosure; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods; D012648:Self Care
keywords: Communication; Diagnostic errors; Patient education; Patient safety; Patient-centred care
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