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Liability For Diagnostic Errors

Liability for Diagnostic Errors is a legal doctrine within hospital vicarious liability that holds healthcare institutions accountable for diagnostic mistakes made by their agents or employees when such errors arise from systemic failures or inadequate oversight in the diagnostic process.

80

Publications

3.9K

Citations

214

Authors

123

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

17

Parents

Publications

80

Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Emergency Department: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims From 4 Liability Insurers

Allen Kachalia, Tejal K. Gandhi, Ann Louise Puopolo et al. · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2006 · 503 citations

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Liability Claims and Costs Before and After Implementation of a Medical Error Disclosure Program

Allen Kachalia · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2010 · 350 citations

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25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank

Ali S. Saber Tehrani, Hee Won Lee, Simon C. Mathews et al. · BMJ Quality & Safety · 2013 · 332 citations

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Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: A Case of Neglect

Mark L. Graber · The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · 2005 · 260 citations

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Spectrum of diagnostic errors in radiology

Antônio Germane Alves Pinto · World Journal of Radiology · 2010 · 200 citations · Full text

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Authors

214

  1. DB
    David B. Troxel

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 128 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. TW
    Takashi Watari

    Shimane University Hospital, Japan

    3 publications · 98 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. AK
    Allen Kachalia

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    3 publications · 924 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. TC
    Timothy Craig Allen

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, United States

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  5. CS
    Charles Silver

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

123

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Shimane University Hospital

    Izumo, Japan

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    154 citations

  3. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    61 citations

  4. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    117 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    397 citations

  8. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

    Tyler, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 15 publications · 319 citations

    12

    h-index

  2. BMJ Quality & Safety

    4 publications · 465 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. Journal of the American College of Radiology

    JACR · 3 publications · 75 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. The Lancet

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Journal of Legal Medicine

    2 publications · 29 citations

    2

    h-index

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