Ambulatory Care Trajectories as a Window into Inpatient Diagnostic Vulnerability - Takeaways - MDSpire

Exploring Ambulatory Care Patterns to Understand Inpatient Diagnostic Risks

  • By

  • Taiju Miyagami

  • Amiran Baduashvili

  • Michelle Knees

  • July 16, 2026

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    Diagnostic errors are a significant source of patient harm, with most individuals experiencing at least one during their lifetime.

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    A study found that patients with two or more ambulatory encounters in the 14 days before admission had over twice the odds of harmful diagnostic errors.

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    The association between outpatient encounters and diagnostic errors may indicate high diagnostic uncertainty rather than a direct causal relationship.

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    Transitions from ambulatory to inpatient care are vulnerable periods that require careful information transfer to improve diagnostic safety.

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    Strategies such as closed-loop communication and provisional diagnostic labels may help mitigate diagnostic errors during care transitions.

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Ambulatory Care Trajectories as a Window into Inpatient Diagnostic Vulnerability

  • by Taiju Miyagami, Amiran Baduashvili, Michelle Knees

  • July 16, 2026

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