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Posted on June 11, 2008

I have been writing about the importance of accurate diagnosis throughout the 6+ years of this blog s existence. I frequently opine that the quality movement has ignored diagnostic accuracy because it is not easily measured.Maggie Mahar tries to address this issue in two recent blog entries - The Silence Surrounding Diagnostic Errors; Part I and The Silence Surrounding Diagnostic Errors; Part II. She does a credible reporting job, but misses a feel for the issue. She has read articles, and can even cite data, but she has not experienced the diagnostic process. She gets a B for effo...

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