Videos
~ 1 in 20 patients misdiagnosed every year—NBC Nightly News – YouTube
~ Millions of Americans misdiagnosed every year – YouTube
~ US wasting billions on cancer over diagnosis, false positive mammograms – report – YouTube
Mainstream News
- ~ 15 diseases doctors often get wrong – CNN
- ~ 20 percent of patients with serious conditions are first misdiagnosed, study says – The Washington Post
- ~ 12 million Americans misdiagnosed each year – CBS News
- ~ 12 Million Americans Misdiagnosed Every Year, New Study Shows – Forbes
- ~ 20 percent of patients with serious conditions are first misdiagnosed, study says – The Washington Post
- ~ A Deadly Misdiagnosis – The New Yorker
- ~ About 12 million U.S. outpatients misdiagnosed annually – study – Reuters
- ~ ‘Everybody was telling me there was nothing wrong’ – BBC Future
- ~ Medical misdiagnosis affects 12 million Americans a year – study — RT USA News
- ~ Millions may be misdiagnosed with penicillin allergy Most doctors aren’t aware that 90 percent of people diagnosed with a penicillin allergy can actually tolerate the antibiotic.- Today
- ~ Misdiagnosed: Docs’ Mistakes Affect 12 Million a Year. At least one in every 20 adults who seeks medical care in a U.S. outpatient clinic may walk away with the wrong diagnosis, a new analysis finds – NBC News
- ~ Misdiagnosis from doctors can cause severe harm – WNDU
- ~ Misdiagnosis is more common than drug errors or wrong-site surgery – The Washington Post
- ~ Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery – Hartford Courant
- ~ Most Americans will get a wrong or late diagnosis at least once in their lives – The Washington Post
- ~ Most Americans Will Be Misdiagnosed at Least Once – Scientific American
- ~ Mother wrongly diagnosed with breast cancer has double mastectomy before doctors realise their mistake – Telegraph
- ~ Patient Who Sued KU Hospital Over Cancer Misdiagnosis Settled For Millions, Records Show – KCUR 89.3 – NPR in Kansas City
- ~ Quarter of Parkinson’s sufferers were wrongly diagnosed, says charity – The Guardian
- ~ Stoke-on-Trent mum’s cancer misdiagnosis down to ‘human error’ – BBC News
- ~ Study: 1 in 20 Americans Misdiagnosed As many as half of the errors may lead to ‘severe harm,’ researchers say. – US News
- ~ Study- 12 million US adults are misdiagnosed each year – Vox
- ~ The Battle Against Misdiagnosis: American doctors make the wrong call more than 12 million times a year – WSJ
- ~ The Biggest Mistake Doctors Make: Misdiagnoses are harmful and costly. But they’re often preventable. – WSJ
- ~ The Key to Reducing Doctors’ Misdiagnoses – WSJ
- ~ What To Do If You Feel Like You’ve Been Misdiagnosed By Your Doctor – HuffPost Life
- ~ Why hundreds of patients a year are misdiagnosed with MS – oregonlive.com
Independent News
- ~ 88% of second opinions from Mayo physicians result in different or refined diagnosis, study finds – Becker’s Hospital Review
- ~ 1 in 3 misdiagnoses results in serious injury or death- study – FierceHealthcare
- ~ 1 in 20 American adults ‘misdiagnosed in outpatient clinics each year’ – Medical News Today
- ~ 12 Million Misdiagnoses Occur Yearly in US, Study Finds – Live Science
- ~ 12 Million Americans Receive A Misdiagnosis Each Year, Leading To Delays In Treatment And Unnecessary Procedures – Medical Daily
- ~ Mayo Clinic- 88% of Patients Are Misdiagnosed – The Institute for Natural Healing
- ~ Medical Misdiagnosis, A Deadly Problem – Baseline of Health Foundation
- ~ Misdiagnosis- a medical menace to quality and safety of patient care — DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
- ~ Misdiagnosis In America- Shocking Statistics – HealYOUnaturally
- ~ Most Americans Will Be Misdiagnosed at Least Once – Mercola
- ~ One in 10 Patients With A ‘Big Three’ Disease Misdiagnosed, Finds New Study – CISION PR Web
- ~ One in 10 People With Any of These 3 Serious Conditions Will Be Misdiagnosed, a New Study Says;Here’s Why – Health.com
- ~ Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections, and cancers: toward a national incidence estimate using the “Big Three” – De Gruyter
- ~ Reducing the costs of misdiagnosis – Healthcare Finance News
- ~ Study Finds Misdiagnosis of Patients With MS Increases Morbidity, Healthcare Costs – AJMC
- ~ Study of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Shows 18 Percent Misdiagnosed – Cedars Sinai
- ~ The cost of a medical misdiagnosis – Trig
- ~ The Team Sport of Diagnosis- A Culture Shift Can Reduce Missed Diagnoses – The Health Care Blog
- ~ Twelve million patients misdiagnosed yearly in America, says VA researcher – US Department of Veterans Affairs
- ~ What are costs, consequences associated with misdiagnosed cellulitis? – ScienceDaily
- ~ What Are Really The Top Misdiagnosed Conditions In NHS Hospitals In 2014/15? – Graysons Solicitors
- ~ Why Getting Medically Misdiagnosed Is More Common Than You May Think – Healthline
Facts and Stats
- ~ Frequently Asked Questions – Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
- ~ Misdiagnosis by the Numbers – Cancer Treatment – Houston Methodist
Reports
- ~ 25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010- an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank – BMJ Jounrals
- ~ Diagnostic Errors More Common, Costly And Harmful Than Treatment Mistakes – 2013 – Johns Hopkins Medicine
- ~ The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations – BMJ Journals
- ~ The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations – PubMed
- ~ The Human Cost and Financial Impact of Misdiagnosis – Pinnacle Care – PDF
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