Diagnostic excellence in primary care

Takashi Watari; Gordon D Schiff

doi:10.1002/jgf2.617

Diagnostic excellence in primary care

J Gen Fam Med. 2023 Mar 20;24(3):143-145. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.617. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Takashi Watari^{1

2}, Gordon D Schiff^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ General Medicine Center Shimane University Hospital Shimane Japan.
² Department of Medicine University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor Michigan USA.
³ Center for Primary Care Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA.
⁴ Center for Patient Safety Research Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.

Abstract

Diagnostic excellence is based on six fundamental principles of healthcare quality proposed by the Institute of Medicine in 2001, which state that diagnoses must be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Publication types

Editorial