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This comment is so out of touch with the reality of the current medical system that I think you're in for a very rude awakening in the future. I can go on for d
by y-c-o-m-b 2y ago
This comment is so out of touch with the reality of the current medical system that I think you're in for a very rude awakening in the future. I can go on for days about all the stories I have to counteract this point. Even doctors themselves are feeling the diagnostic failure issues. My child's pediatrician went into the ER and said "I think my appendix is about to burst". They thought she was just being dramatic and they wanted to discharge her with Zofran and tell her to come back if it got worse. After hours of arguing with the ER doctors and nurses, she convinced them to do imaging. Boom, appendix about to burst. She had an operation 2 hours later.
- nradov 2y agoI'm actually pretty in touch with the reality of the current medical system. There are plenty of stories about diagnostic failures but what does the data show? The vast majority of patients are diagnosed correctly, or misdiagnosed in a way that doesn't significantly impact outcomes. I think a lot of technologists have unrealistic expectations about healthcare. The reality is that most of it is still more art than science, and outcomes vary based on the skills of individuals in ways that usually impossible to accurately quantify. Anything involving biology is kind of squishy and uncertain. We should try to improve the state of clinical practice but we should also be thankful for how much it has already improved just within our lifetimes.
- mapt 2y agoWhat data? Are you proposing that there is a reliable way to adjudicate ongoing misdiagnoses for rare or even common illnesses? It seems like the only ones likely to have any investigation are those that end up being lethal in the short term.
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