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Patient Safety

New Framework for Patient-Reported Misdiagnosis Taps the Experts

A new framework developed by Boston-based researchers categorizes patient-reported problems in a way that can be used by health care providers and organizations to better understand errors in diagnoses that are unique to the ambulatory setting, where the majority of missed or delayed diagnoses occur. Recognizing that patients and family caregivers have a unique perspective […]

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Susan Carr Susan Carr is a medical editor and writer specializing in patient safety and engagement. In addition to curating the EngagingPatients blog, she produces publications for the Betsy Lehman Center in Boston and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Susan lives and works in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

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Patient Safety

Accessing Open Notes to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Disparities

Editor’s note: This article was first published in Patient Safety Beat, newsletter of the Betsy Lehman Center. New, more comprehensive research confirms earlier findings that patients who access clinical notes of ambulatory care visits – “open notes” – often spot errors in their electronic health records. And there are indications from additional research that people […]

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Susan Carr Susan Carr is a medical editor and writer specializing in patient safety and engagement. In addition to curating the EngagingPatients blog, she produces publications for the Betsy Lehman Center in Boston and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Susan lives and works in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

Susan Carr has 185 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

Check out my: Twitter