Abstract
The IOM report 'Improving Diagnosis in Health Care' represents a major advance in summarizing the problem of diagnostic error. Three new concepts in the report will be helpful in future efforts to understand and improve the diagnostic process: a new definition of diagnostic error, a new framework for understanding the diagnostic process, and a new concept of the diagnostic 'team'. This paper highlights these new concepts and their relevance to improving diagnosis.
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