As many as 250K people die every year because they are misdiagnosed in ER: AMA Morning Report/ New York Times

New AMA policy declares sleep deprivation is a crisis

Delegates representing the AASM participated in last week’s annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, which adopted a new policy declaring that sleep deprivation is a crisis. The meeting was held June 6 – 11 in Chicago. AASM delegates participated in reference committees and caucus meetings, including the Specialty and Service Society (the largest caucus in the AMA), where they discussed and debated issues impa…

As many as 250K people die every year because they are misdiagnosed in ER: AMA Morning Report/ New York Times

New York Times. Dec, 2022.   Paul Goldfinger. MD,  FACC.  Blogfinger.net. Re-Post 2022 but still applicable. The New York Times (12/15, Abelson) reports the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released study results that discovered “as many as 250,000 people die every year because they are misdiagnosed in the emergency room.” The study “estimates roughly 7.4 million people are inaccurately diagnosed of the 130 million annual visits to hos…