(STUDY) 7 million errors in emergency departments per year


The following is an excerpt from Medpage Today. An estimated 5.7% patients are misdiagnosed in the emergency department (ED) each year, representing about 7.4 million errors, 2.6 million harms, and more than 370,000 patients suffering permanent disability or death, according to a systematic review from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A few of the […]

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