In this study of closed claims files, we identified 2 important cognitive factors involved in cases of medical injury. Error in judgment was the most common factor ...

Almost half of medical errors in the emergency room are due to problems with information processing, according to a new study published in De Gruyter's Journal Diagnosis. This issue is not related to ...

Of the most well-regarded treatments for trauma, cognitive processing therapy equips clients with tools to thrive beyond mere ...

Diagnostic errors affect approximately 12 million U.S. adult patients each year, according to a 2011 study published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Such errors could harm patients and also ...

Physicians practicing in an emergency department with trainees make errors similar to those made in inpatient wards, with physicians making more information- processing errors than errors of ...

When you come across articles about human decision-making, whether in the popular press or scientific literature, the probability is high that the expression "cognitive bias" is likely to be used. In ...

In the surgical setting, the concept “to err is human” could potentially be a matter of life and death. In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers at Baylor College ...

Confirmation, or cognitive bias, was to blame for this medical error After a surgeon administered a dye that resulted in the death of a patient, cognitive bias was ...

People are not always rational agents. We all make mistakes – this is what makes us human. However, for the longest time, economic theory has made assumptions about behavior in financial markets based ...

Reviews were conducted by 3 board-certified Japanese physician- investigators specializing in internal medicine (1 chief investigator and 2 coinvestigators). The chief investigator trained the ...