April 9, 2021

Peer Review of Medical Practices: Missed Opportunities to Learn

Am J Obstet Gynecol

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=25151185

Especially valuable here are two tables. The first includes heuristics and biases that often affect our medical decision-making process- things like anchoring error where one gets a bit fixated on some feature of a patient’s initial presentation and later information is not properly considered. The second table involves some different ways that medical errors can be reduced.