Medical Intervention Diagnosis

Medical Interventions Diagnosis are health determinants that impact patients health.

Cancer

• For every woman in whom mammography detected a breast cancer that was destined to become large and potentially life-threatening, about four are diagnosed with one that would never have threatened their health (10/12/16)

Misdiagnosis

• How 4 types of cognitive bias contribute to physician diagnostic errors — and how to overcome them (6/9/17)
• More than 20% of patients misdiagnosed by primary care providers, Mayo Clinic study finds (4/4/17)
• As many as 1 in 3 adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the disease, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (1/17/17)
• Institute of Medicine: Most patients will experience a misdiagnosis in their lifetime (9/22/15)
• 1 in 20 patients misdiagnosed each year, survey finds (9/4/14)
• Doctors Wrongly Prescribed Antibiotics in 30% of 2013 Flu Cases, Stays Study (7/17/14)
• 2 Million U.S. Adults Misdiagnosed Every Year (4/17/14)

Un-diagnosed Conditions

• Crowdsourcing is being used to help diagnose those patients who have doctors stumped (8/19/15)
• A survey by HealthMine revealed that 46% of the people who discovered they had a previously undiagnosed chronic condition received the diagnosis through their employer wellness program. (7/11/15)