AHRQ releases diagnostic tool to reduce errors

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released Measure Dx, an evidence-based tool for health care organizations to help prevent diagnostic errors. Measure Dx also offers practical guidance and scalable strategies to detect and learn from diagnostic safety events. The agency released a guide outlining steps health care organizations can use to begin and sustain diagnostic safety measurement. One in 20 adults experiences a diagnostic error annually in outpatient settings, according to AHRQ. (AHRQ blog, 8/22/22)