Diagnostic errors linked to nearly 800,000 deaths or cases of permanent disability in US each year, study estimates By Deidre McPhillips , CNN 5 minute read ...

Misdiagnoses in the U.S. lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths and major disabilities each year, according to a recent report from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Maryland. Each year, an ...

Diagnostic errors can be seriously harmful for patients. A recent study revealed that almost 800,000 Americans suffer from misdiagnoses each year, which is a worrying indicator for the US ...

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"The main takeaways for us were the incidence of errors, which was higher than we expected, as were the harms," Auerbach told MedPage Today in an email. The diagnostic process faults most highly ...

(CNN) — Misdiagnosis of disease or other medical conditions leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths and permanent disabilities each year in the United States, according to a report published ...