SIDM's Paul Epner Discusses the Pervasive Problem of Medical Misdiagnoses (December 3rd)
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Listen now (32 mins) | Listen Now Twenty years ago last month the National Academy of Sciences published the landmark report, “To Err Is Human, Building a Safer Health System.” The report found upwards of 98,000 people die each year in hospitals alone as a result of medical errors. One specific medical error, diagnostic error, was, and remains today, a substantial contributor. Defined as a wrong, delayed or missed diagnosis, misdiagnoses continue to constitute a major public health problem, adversely affecting more than 12 million annually. Approximately one-third of whom are seriously harmed and an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 die each year from diagnostic failures in hospitals alone. Resulting costs are estimated over $100 billion annually. Despite the problem's pervasiveness and dire effects, the federal government spends less than $10 million annually researching the problem. (For perspective, the 2019 NIH budget was $39 billion.)
SIDM's Paul Epner Discusses the Pervasive Problem of Medical Misdiagnoses (December 3rd)
SIDM's Paul Epner Discusses the Pervasive…
SIDM's Paul Epner Discusses the Pervasive Problem of Medical Misdiagnoses (December 3rd)
Listen now (32 mins) | Listen Now Twenty years ago last month the National Academy of Sciences published the landmark report, “To Err Is Human, Building a Safer Health System.” The report found upwards of 98,000 people die each year in hospitals alone as a result of medical errors. One specific medical error, diagnostic error, was, and remains today, a substantial contributor. Defined as a wrong, delayed or missed diagnosis, misdiagnoses continue to constitute a major public health problem, adversely affecting more than 12 million annually. Approximately one-third of whom are seriously harmed and an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 die each year from diagnostic failures in hospitals alone. Resulting costs are estimated over $100 billion annually. Despite the problem's pervasiveness and dire effects, the federal government spends less than $10 million annually researching the problem. (For perspective, the 2019 NIH budget was $39 billion.)