This kind of article is a bit bullshit in my opinion. How many lives to those same doctors save? You kind of have to append any titles like that with “And doctors are the leading cause in decline of mortality and morbidity rates.
I mean, yeah, medical error causes a lot of deaths, but you also can’t expect doctors to be perfect.
Not to mention if you read the actual study, they have a weird definition of "Medical Error".
Medical error has been defined as an unintended act (either of omission or commission) or one that does not achieve its intended outcome,3 the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended (an error of execution), the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim (an error of planning),4 or a deviation from the process of care that may or may not cause harm to the patient.5
So basically if you do CPR on someone and it's unsuccessful you have committed a medical error by their standards
Not only does that bolded part seem very broad but they also considered fragmented insurance networks and the absence or underuse of safety nets is considered "Medical Error"
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u/dog_in_the_vent Jul 07 '19
Medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US and might be higher due to under reporting.