Karen Cosby, MD, FACEP, CPPS
Palo Alto, California, United States
687 followers
500+ connections
Palo Alto, California, United States
687 followers
500+ connections
About
Emergency Physician and author with interest in Investigating, analyzing, and learning…
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At last: Diagnosis: Interpreting the Shadows is published.
At last: Diagnosis: Interpreting the Shadows is published.
By Karen Cosby, MD, FACEP, CPPS
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Congratulations to the IHQSE Diagnostic Excellence Capacity Building Program graduates! The group spent three days building the infrastructure that…
Congratulations to the IHQSE Diagnostic Excellence Capacity Building Program graduates! The group spent three days building the infrastructure that…
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Deadline extended for the upcoming special edition of Academic Emergency Medicine dedicated to the science of errors in medical care…
Deadline extended for the upcoming special edition of Academic Emergency Medicine dedicated to the science of errors in medical care…
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Advisory Council - which was held in advance of AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting -…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Advisory Council - which was held in advance of AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting -…
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Education
Licenses & Certifications
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Certified Professional in Patient Safety
Association for Professionals in Patient Safety, National Patient Safety Foundation
Publications
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Diagnosis: Interpreting the Shadows
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis
See publicationDiagnosis: Interpreting the Shadows summarizes the latest work on diagnosis and diagnostic error, addressing Clinical Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Cognitive bias and logical fallacies, as well as system sources of diagnosis failure. Recommendations for actions to improve the state of diagnosis are offered, from medical education reform to improved design of the healthcare system.
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A framework for classifying factors that contribute to error in the emergency department.
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Characteristics of patient care management problems identified in emergency department morbidity and mortality investigations during 15 years.
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Diagnosing acute heart failure in patients with undifferentiated dyspnea: a lung and cardiac ultrasound (LuCUS) protocol.
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Educational agenda for diagnostic error reduction
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Patient safety: a curriculum for teaching patient safety in emergency medicine.
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Profiles in patient safety: authority gradients in medical error.
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The role of certainty, confidence, and critical thinking in the diagnostic process: good luck or good thinking?
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Organizations
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Salzburg Global
Fellow
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Society to Improve Diagnois in Medicine (SIDM)
Chair, Fellowship Subcommittee, Education Committee
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National Patient Safety Foundation
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Our Advancing Collection of Standardized Symptoms Data team was hard at work last week during their first in-person project meeting! Experts were…
Our Advancing Collection of Standardized Symptoms Data team was hard at work last week during their first in-person project meeting! Experts were…
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Teamwork makes the dream work 🙌
Teamwork makes the dream work 🙌
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We are very excited to announce the 4th cohort of our National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence in partnership with Council of…
We are very excited to announce the 4th cohort of our National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence in partnership with Council of…
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Excited to see such a promising cohort committed to advancing diagnostic excellence. I look forward to their diverse perspectives and fresh insights…
Excited to see such a promising cohort committed to advancing diagnostic excellence. I look forward to their diverse perspectives and fresh insights…
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📢 Submissions are due on Wednesday, May 1 at noon PT! Help build evidence to understand and address inequities in the diagnostic journey. Submit…
📢 Submissions are due on Wednesday, May 1 at noon PT! Help build evidence to understand and address inequities in the diagnostic journey. Submit…
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Grateful for the chance to meet up with our National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Medicine in collaboration with Council of Medical…
Grateful for the chance to meet up with our National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Medicine in collaboration with Council of Medical…
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From Healthcare Innovation : " The National Quality Forum (NQF) has launched a patient safety initiative to address the high rates of avoidable…
From Healthcare Innovation : " The National Quality Forum (NQF) has launched a patient safety initiative to address the high rates of avoidable…
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Great opportunity to participate in a community of healthcare professionals implementing this AHRQ resource to identify, analyze, and learn from…
Great opportunity to participate in a community of healthcare professionals implementing this AHRQ resource to identify, analyze, and learn from…
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