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Every 9 Minutes, A Patient In A U.S. Hospital Dies From Misdiagnosis Or Delayed Diagnosis

November 19, 2018

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine reports that “every nine minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed.” According to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one in ten diagnoses are incorrect and most people will experience an[...]

Study Finds 12 Million In U.S. Misdiagnosed Every Year; One-Half Are Potentially Harmed

April 18, 2014

In a study published on April 16, 2014 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Quality & Safety, researchers estimated that 12 million people in the United States are misdiagnosed in an outpatient clinic setting each year (the researchers calculated the incidence of new cases of misdiagnosis i[...]

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Every 9 Minutes, A Patient In A U.S. Hospital Dies From Misdiagnosis Or Delayed Diagnosis

Study Finds 12 Million In U.S. Misdiagnosed Every Year; One-Half Are Potentially Harmed

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