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 ...

HEALTH Errors in disease diagnosis lead to nearly 800,000 deaths, disabilities in US each year: study Five conditions made up a majority of all misdiagnosed cases: 'Patients must protect themselves' ...

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 ...

In today’s Health Alert, a new study suggests that 1 in 14 hospital patients may fall victim to harmful diagnostic mistakes, and most of these errors could have been prevented.

Harmful diagnostic errors were assessed to have occurred in 84 cases (82 patients), of which 37 (28.5%) occurred among intensive care transfers; 18 (13%) among those who died within 90 days; 23 (8 ...

Common diagnostic errors: How to recognize and manage them. Presented at: ACP Internal Medicine Meeting; April 3-April 7, 2025. Disclosures: Trowbridge reports no relevant financial disclosures.

Diagnostic errors are likely to be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7 per cent) hospital patients which requires new approaches to medical surveillance, a new study has stressed.

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 ...

(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 ...