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‘Big Three’ Diagnostic Errors Account for Nearly 75% of all Serious Harm
By John Commins for Health Leaders KEY TAKEAWAYS Diagnostic errors that led to death or permanent disability were linked with misdiagnosed cancers (37.8%), vascular events (22.8%) and infections (13.5%) — which led the researchers to refer to them as the ‘big three.’ Half of the most-severe harm cases ended in patient death and the other…