Cognitive Error in Diagnosis (S2:E31)

As providers, the safety of our patients is paramount. In recent years, increased attention has been given to diagnostic error in medicine, specifically those that arise through error in cognitive perception, failed heuristics and biases. In today’s episode, we are talking with Joe Grubenhoff, MD about error in diagnosis and strategies for reducing cognitive bias. Dr. Grubenhoff is the Associate Medical Director of Clinical Effectiveness and is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Colorado. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

• How Doctor's Think by Jerome Groopman, MD
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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