Activity ID
13864Expires
February 3, 2028Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1Fee
150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
This activity discusses ways systems factors (flaws or weaknesses in organizational systems of care) can sabotage correct diagnoses. Think about a primary care practice with no specific policy for checking if patients actually go to recommended tests and consults, which leads to a physician’s not knowing that a patient missed a diagnostic mammogram that was ordered, which gives rise to a late diagnosis of breast cancer with less chance for the patient’s survival. This is an example of how systems factors can impede diagnosis.
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NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Give at least 3 examples of systems issues that can affect diagnoses.
2. Explain why healthcare organizations and practitioners must work together to identify and correct systems problems.
3. Implement strategies to mitigate the risk of systems-based diagnostic errors and delays.
Keywords
Diagnostic Error, Diagnostic Safety, Dx, system safety
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
