hoosierdoc
Freed prisoner
I have always scoffed at that report. It’s utter nonsense. One of the studies was done by a NASA scientist whose child died and he felt it was a mistake, then he lost his malpractice case when the judge tossed it out.
included were cases where “the intended treatment did not produce the desired outcome”. Basically any time a non-DNR patient died was an error.
they also used one study that only looked at Medicare patients (elderly or chronically disabled) and used that data to extrapolate to the entire population. Garbage.
i see plenty of people die. Some from complications. Complications are usually not errors, but were counted as such. Maybe a few deaths from true errors in 13 years, But they are the VAST minority.
it’s Seventeen minutes and worth a listen.
http://emcrit.org/emcrit/medical-error-epidemic-craziness/
included were cases where “the intended treatment did not produce the desired outcome”. Basically any time a non-DNR patient died was an error.
they also used one study that only looked at Medicare patients (elderly or chronically disabled) and used that data to extrapolate to the entire population. Garbage.
i see plenty of people die. Some from complications. Complications are usually not errors, but were counted as such. Maybe a few deaths from true errors in 13 years, But they are the VAST minority.
it’s Seventeen minutes and worth a listen.
http://emcrit.org/emcrit/medical-error-epidemic-craziness/