Stakeholder identified research priorities for early intervention in psychosis.

Background: Public resources to answer pertinent research questions about the impact of illness and treatment on people with mental health problems are limited. To target funds effectively and efficiently and maximize the health benefits to populations, prioritizing research areas is needed. Research agendas are generally driven by researcher and funder priorities, however, there is growing recognition of the need to include user-defined research priorities to make research more relevant, needs-based and efficient.

Incidence, origins and avoidable harm of missed opportunities in diagnosis: longitudinal patient record review in 21 English general practices.

Background: Diagnostic error is a global patient safety priority.

Objectives: To estimate the incidence, origins and avoidable harm of diagnostic errors in English general practice. Diagnostic errors were defined as missed opportunities to make a correct or timely diagnosis based on the evidence available (missed diagnostic opportunities, MDOs).

Identifying primary care patient safety research priorities in the UK: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.

Objectives: To identify the top 10 unanswered research questions for primary care patient safety research.

Design: A modified nominal group technique.

Setting: UK.