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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10 Mar 2018

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted To Err Is Human  👨‍⚕️ 🏥 👩‍⚕️

    I think I'll pass, thank you, given that this film appears to be promoting the myth that medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the US and uses the most inflated figure I've seen, 440,000 per year.https://twitter.com/ToErrIsHumanDoc/status/972509973036044288 …

    David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

    To Err Is Human  👨‍⚕️ 🏥 👩‍⚕️ @ToErrIsHumanDoc
    @gorskon Hi David, I would love to bring our documentary to Michigan if you think there may be a good opportunity to screen and have a follow-up panel. Could we connect via email?
    12:46 PM - 10 Mar 2018
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      1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10 Mar 2018

        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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      2. 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧‏ @MarkCroucher2 10 Mar 2018
        Replying to @gorskon

        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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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10 Mar 2018
        Replying to @MarkCroucher2

        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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      2. To Err Is Human  👨‍⚕️ 🏥 👩‍⚕️‏ @ToErrIsHumanDoc 10 Mar 2018
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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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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10 Mar 2018
        Replying to @ToErrIsHumanDoc

        Then why use the 440,000 number as your Twitter header photo?

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      1. Darrell White‏ @DarrellWhite 10 Mar 2018
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        Good on ya!!

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      1. Medtech‏ @medtech21 10 Mar 2018
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        So is the consumers union report of # 3 flawed as well? Haven’t analyzed yet

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