AHRQ releases diagnostic tool to reduce errors

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Measure Dx, an evidence-based 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 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 , 8/22/22)