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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-setting-virtual-care-remembering-physical-examination
April 29, 2020 - February 3, 2021
WebM&M Cases
Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unintended-consequences-cpoe
September 01, 2004 - The Case
A 60-year-old woman with a history of metastatic colon cancer and known malignant ascites
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/when-patients-and-providers-speak-different-languages
December 08, 2021 - Language barriers and patient-centered breast cancer care. Patient Educ Couns. 2011;84:223-228.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/duty-disclose-someone-elses-error
June 01, 2004 - A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced wrong-site surgery: review of medical error.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-perspective-office-practice
May 01, 2009 - in primary care specialties is delay or error in diagnosis, most commonly involving breast and lung cancers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/management-csf-leaks-after-elective-spine-surgery-routine-laminectomy-leads-fatal-discitis
March 09, 2022 - When accessing intradural tumors, the dura is opened intentionally, and reapproximating via suturing … May 3, 2017
Comorbid conditions delay diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a cohort study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withbrent-c-james-md-mstat
February 26, 2025 - James : I arrived in Utah in 1986, after completing my surgical training and advanced training in cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/total-parenteral-nutrition-multifarious-errors
January 23, 2017 - safely manage patients requiring PN is analogous to the expertise expected in the drug-use process for cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-vineet-arora-md-mapp
May 31, 2023 - Our pediatric cancer patients are blogging about their experience while the residents are taking care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49483/psn-pdf
June 01, 2005 - the steps to conduct root cause analysis
The Case
A 65-year-old man with atrial fibrillation, lung cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49561/psn-pdf
May 01, 2008 - Patients with clinical presentations consistent with an HIV-related infection or cancer should be
tested
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838221/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - diabetes that’s out of control with an elevated hemoglobin
A1c, or when someone never got their colon cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73128/psn-pdf
July 01, 2022 - in the United States and Canada, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Massachusetts),
Huntsman Cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/a_missed_bowel_perforation_-_the_importance_of_diagnostic_reasoning.pdf
January 01, 2023 - history or physical examination contributed to 42% of all
missed diagnoses, and to almost 70% of missed cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33791/psn-pdf
September 01, 2015 - Our pediatric cancer patients are
blogging about their experience while the residents are taking care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/equity-patient-safety
September 24, 2024 - Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ensuring-patient-and-workforce-safety-culture-healthcare
March 27, 2024 - Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/annual-perspective-topics-medication-safety
April 27, 2022 - 6,7 Although the CDC guideline focused on chronic pain, it did not apply to patients diagnosed with cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-root-matter
September 01, 2005 - steps to conduct root cause analysis The Case A 65-year-old man with atrial fibrillation, lung cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/importance-following-safe-practices-infant-feeding-and-handling-expressed-breast-milk
January 31, 2024 - August 28, 2019
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care: a global collaborative