Hospital Diagnostic Errors Are Common Among Patients Who Died or Were Transferred to ICU: Study
Common errors in diagnosing patients involved clinicians ordering the wrong tests, or mistakes in reading test results, according to the researchers.
Common errors in diagnosing patients involved clinicians ordering the wrong tests, or mistakes in reading test results, according to the researchers.
Patients often have to be transferred to a publicly-owned facility for treatment of injuries and complications at hospitals owned by private equity firms, researchers found.