As many as 160,ooo patients die or are damaged permanently after they were diagnosed incorrectly. Fear not if you are experiencing a health crisis or receiving a diagnosis. This recent article feature in the WallStreet Journal discussed the new and innovative technology is used to ensure a more accurate diagnosis.
“A patient with abdominal pain dies from a ruptured appendix after a doctor fails to do a complete physical exam. A biopsy comes back positive for prostate cancer, but no one follows up when the lab result gets misplaced. A child’s fever and rash are diagnosed as a viral illness, but they turn out to be a much more serious case of bacterial meningitis”. Read the entire article …
