Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

Diagnostic Errors in Surgical Pathology Uncovered by a Review of Malpractice Claims

“…However, to accomplish this, pathologists must attempt to identify the sources of both random and systematic error within the diagnostic strategies and thought processes they follow when arriving at a diagnosis and communicating it to a clinician. In this paradigm, error detection should be viewed as an opportunity to improve the systems being used to reach a diagnosis [8].…”