Publications by authors named "William J Gallagher"

Objectives: One in 20 outpatients in the United States experiences a diagnostic error each year, but there are no validated methods for collecting feedback from patients on diagnostic safety. We examined patient experience surveys to determine whether patients' free text comments indicated diagnostic breakdowns. Our objective was to evaluate associations between patient-perceived diagnostic breakdowns reported in free text comments and patients' responses to structured survey questions.

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Background: Diagnostic errors are a global patient safety challenge. Over 75% of diagnostic errors in ambulatory care result from breakdowns in patient-clinician communication. Encouraging patients to speak up and ask questions has been recommended as one strategy to mitigate these failures.

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Article Synopsis
  • Diagnostic errors in hospitals contribute to preventable deaths and increased patient harm, emphasizing a need for better surveillance methods.
  • This study investigates the use of machine learning and natural language processing to enhance the detection of diagnostic errors by analyzing electronic health records and case review data from a health system in the mid-Atlantic U.S.
  • Results show that out of 1704 patients, 126 experienced diagnostic errors, with significant differences in error rates and patient demographics between men and women, including age and admission types.
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Phosphorylated fructose compounds have been reported to lessen neuronal injury in in vitro models of hypoxia and in vivo models of ischemia. Although a variety of mechanisms have been proposed to account for this finding, it is unknown if intracellular uptake and incorporation of these compounds into the glycolytic pathway contribute to the benefit. We evaluated phosphorylated fructose administration in an adult rat model of transient, near-complete cerebral ischemia to determine its impact on brain metabolism before, during, and after ischemia.

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Background: Isolated mammalian hearts have been used in numerous studies that have led to many important discoveries in cardiac physiology, pharmacology, and surgery. Multiple methods of perfusion have been described including retrograde and/or antegrade flows and crystalloid or blood perfusates. Furthermore, multiple species have been utilized for such studies including the following: rat, rabbit, guinea pig, canine, and swine.

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