The Patient’s Toolkit for Diagnosis

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine’s Patient Engagement Committee developed this toolkit with input from patients. The toolkit aims to help patients participate in the diagnostic process.

The toolkit is easy to understand and use. It has 4 parts:

  • Prepare for My Appointment
  • My Symptoms or Pain
  • My Medicines
  • After My Doctor Visit: What’s Next?

Patients fill out the first 3 parts of the toolkit before their health visit. They fill out the last part during (or soon after) the visit.


#DiagnosticSafety

Public Health
Topic
Diagnostic Safety
Audience
Patients and Health Care Consumers, Families and Caregivers
Setting
Hospitals and Health Systems, Primary Care and Outpatient Practices
Level
Foundational