Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dermatol Clin. 2012 Oct;30(4):593-615, v-vi. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2012.06.011. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
Understanding malpractice risk and practicing risk management strategies results in better care and a less stressful environment of practice. Errors in diagnosis are most commonly related to melanoma and neoplasms of the skin. To offset the threat of malpractice litigation, malpractice data can be used to focus safety efforts on common diagnostic errors. Recognition of sources of error in the analysis of pigmented lesions by dermatopathologists, and the development of new immunohistochemical or genotypic techniques for the recognition and distinction of malignant disease from benign pigmented lesions, will also provide important improvements in care and diagnosis in the future.
了解医疗事故风险并实施风险管理策略可提高医疗质量并降低执业压力。诊断错误最常与黑色素瘤和皮肤肿瘤有关。为了应对医疗事故诉讼的威胁，可以利用医疗事故数据将安全工作重点放在常见的诊断错误上。皮肤科病理学家在分析色素性病变时认识到错误来源，并开发出用于识别和区分恶性疾病与良性色素性病变的新免疫组织化学或基因技术，这也将为未来的医疗护理和诊断提供重要改进。
