Category | Description |
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*Modified from Kassirer and Kopelman.13 | |
Faulty “triggering” | Faulty “trigger” or hypothesis generation by patient’s complaint or by initial findings |
Faulty context formation | Inability to correctly frame clinical problem |
Faulty information gathering | Includes faulty interpretation of test results, faulty causal model, over reliance on a clinical axiom, etc. |
Faulty verification | Failure to exclude other diagnostic possibilities; the final step in confirming the accuracy of a diagnosis. |
No fault error | Beyond control of physician |