Conducting Chart Reviews

Identifying and measuring diagnostic errors can be a challenging process.  Conducting chart reviews using the data from electronic health records (EHR) provides information for researchers and physicians to retrospectively analyze and detect failures in the diagnostic process.

A PDF of our Chart Review Biopsy tool is provided below. The purpose of this guide is to standardize both the definition of diagnostic error and the chart review process, ensuring a more objective and precise determination of diagnostic errors and failure points.