Abstract

The 2024 World Patient Safety Day theme “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” raises the discussion about diagnosis improvement in healthcare. Considering the neonates’ vulnerabilities, the consequences of diagnostic errors in neonatology, and the right to safe and quality care, this article discusses the need to improve diagnosis in neonatal care and how neonate-centered care can impact the proper diagnosis. Diagnostic errors are preventable and increase healthcare costs. For precise diagnosis, strict collaboration between health professionals, patients, and families is needed. Only by recognizing neonates as patients can we situate them in the center of care, engage with them, and perceive their clinical conditions, for accurate diagnosis.

Keywords

Diagnosis, neonatal care, patient safety, pediatric patients