A comprehensive study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals that emergency room diagnostic errors occur in approximately 3.2% of serious medical emergencies, affecting roughly 1 in every ...

The following first appeared in the Substack of Eric Topol, MD, called Ground Truths. Eric Topol, MD The medical community does not broadcast the problem, but there are many studies that have ...

Harmful diagnostic errors occur in an estimated one of every 14 hospitalized general medicine patients, which could include a large percentage of older adults, according to a study published online ...

Five areas of process breakdowns were associated with diagnostic errors in primary care, with most process breakdowns occurring during the patient visit, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It is estimated that at least 12 million people in the United States are affected by diagnostic errors each year ...

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool that physicians can use to help diagnose their patients and has great potential to improve accuracy, efficiency and patient safety, it has its ...

Misdiagnosis of hair and scalp disorders in SoC patients is common, with 63% of cases initially misdiagnosed, including life-threatening conditions. Diagnostic errors often stem from atypical ...

In 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a 444-page report, “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” to bring attention to an important problem: the frequency and severity of mistaken diagnoses in ...