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270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis

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Diagnostic Errors in the Medical System

Most of the thinking on this issue points to system level problems that lead to diagnostic errors. 99 % of people that have surgery in the united states go home, and no one documents or keeps track how they do at six months after surgery. That is a giant opportunity and health care to fix the system by creating a market place centered around value, not just quantity.

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