A 12-page Executive Summary offering summary highlights for 22 Accountable Care Organizations and ACO solutions companies regarding their successes during the most recent MSSP performance year.
AHRQ: Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: 5 Takeaways
- 5.7% of patients receive an incorrect diagnosis in the emergency department
- 2.0% of patients suffer an adverse event because of the incorrect diagnosis
- 0.3% of patients suffer permanent disability or death because of the incorrect diagnosis
- 5 conditions comprise 39% of serious misdiagnosis-related harms: #1 stroke
- #2 myocardial infarction
- #3 aortic aneurysm/dissection
- #4 spinal cord compression/injury
- #5 venous thromboembolism
- Stroke
- the top serious harm-producing disease
- is missed an estimated 17% of the time.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), December 15, 2022 - https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/diagnostic-errors-emergency/resea…