Once again, I feel obligated to post my @ScienceBasedMed post on why this number is almost certainly super-inflated. I just discussed this with @MarkHoofnagle and @aholdenj (show runner for #TheResident), the latter of whom was parroting the same nonsense.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/ …
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Study Urges CDC to Revise Count of Deaths from Medical Error - If not for flawed tracking, medical mistakes would be the third-leading cause of death, researchers at Johns Hopkins say. https://www.propublica.org/article/study-urges-cdc-to-revise-count-of-deaths-from-medical-error …
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No, it's the flawed reporting using trigger tools and then conflating complications with medical error that results in massive overestimation of deaths from medical mistakes, as I explained in my post.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/ …
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Totally understand the reaction to that number, but I will say that our film focuses very little on that talking point and moreso on the efforts being made in medicine with preventable harm and the importance of communication and transparency to improve the delivery of care.
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Then why use the 440,000 number as your Twitter header photo?
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Good on ya!!
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So is the consumers union report of # 3 flawed as well? Haven’t analyzed yet
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