Laura Zwaan

Summary

Affiliation: VU University Medical Center
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Relating faults in diagnostic reasoning with diagnostic errors and patient harm
    Laura Zwaan
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Acad Med 87:149-56. 2012
  2. ncbi Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician
    Laura Zwaan
    EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:65. 2009
  3. ncbi Patient record review of the incidence, consequences, and causes of diagnostic adverse events
    Laura Zwaan
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Intern Med 170:1015-21. 2010
  4. ncbi The nature and causes of unintended events reported at 10 internal medicine departments
    Sanne Lubberding
    NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht
    J Patient Saf 7:224-31. 2011
  5. ncbi To what extent are adverse events found in patient records reported by patients and healthcare professionals via complaints, claims and incident reports?
    Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff
    EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:49. 2011

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Relating faults in diagnostic reasoning with diagnostic errors and patient harm
    Laura Zwaan
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Acad Med 87:149-56. 2012
    ..This study examined suboptimal cognitive acts (SCAs; i.e., faults in diagnostic reasoning), related them to the occurrence of diagnostic errors and patient harm, and studied the causes...
  2. ncbi Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician
    Laura Zwaan
    EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:65. 2009
    ..In addition, the role of personal and circumstantial factors on the quality of the diagnostic process will be examined...
  3. ncbi Patient record review of the incidence, consequences, and causes of diagnostic adverse events
    Laura Zwaan
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Intern Med 170:1015-21. 2010
    ..The present study explored diagnostic adverse events (DAEs) across all medical specialties to determine their incidence and to gain insight into their causes and consequences by comparing them with other AE types...
  4. ncbi The nature and causes of unintended events reported at 10 internal medicine departments
    Sanne Lubberding
    NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht
    J Patient Saf 7:224-31. 2011
    ..This study aimed to examine the nature and causes of unintended events (UEs) at internal medicine departments (IMD)...
  5. ncbi To what extent are adverse events found in patient records reported by patients and healthcare professionals via complaints, claims and incident reports?
    Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff
    EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:49. 2011
    ..The aim of the study is to examine to what extent the hospital reporting systems cover the adverse events identified by patient record review...