Clinical Practice & Patient Safety
When Waiting Costs More Than a Diagnosis: The Financial and Human Toll of Delayed Clinical Decisions
Diagnostic delays remain one of the most preventable sources of patient harm and unnecessary healthcare expenditure in the United States. New data and frontline clinician perspectives reveal how standardized, evidence-based diagnostic pathways are transforming outcomes—and the bottom line—for practices willing to act. AAPTS examines what the science says and what your practice can do today.