Activity ID
3175Expires
May 21, 2027Format Type
InternetCME Credit
2.0Fee
$300CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
According to the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report, there is substantial evidence that 1 in every 10 diagnoses is wrong. To improve the quality of healthcare and patient safety, physicians should know the causes of diagnostic errors (cognitive, system-related, overconfidence) how to find them (root cause analysis), and how to address them. Solutions involve changes that can be made by individual physicians, and patients can play an important role in the diagnostic process to prevent errors. In addition, healthcare system improvements are needed in addressing solutions to diagnostic errors. Five areas of commonly misdiagnosed medical conditions (as prescribed by the Florida State Board of Medicine) are discussed with examples and possible solutions.
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NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Explain the difference between medical diagnostic error, under-diagnosis, and over-diagnosis.
Describe the causes of medical diagnostic errors.
Explain how root cause analysis (RCA) works and participate in one if the opportunity arises.
Describe 3 ways that medical diagnostic errors can be reduced and utilize at least one of them in your practice.
Engage patients to participate in preventing medical diagnostic errors and protect their own safety.
Keywords
Diagnostic error, Root cause analysis
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
