The Missing Link

A recent article grabbed my attention with the headline “Missed, wrong diagnoses most dangerous errors.” In their study examining 25 years of U.S. medical malpractice claims, the authors concluded diagnostic errors are the most common, costly, and dangerous of medical mistakes. What was not clear to me were how many of missed diagnoses were because of poor communication of incidental findings. We can’t help a pathologist interpret a biopsy or a radiologist read a scan, but we can help hospitals with the missing link to managing incidental findings. If you would like to see how, here’s a great video overview.