Misdiagnosis – Dawn Levitt, Author

Educate and Advocate

My experience with the medical system began when I was a young child running around like most little kids do, but I became very short of breath and tired after a brief bit of exercise. My pediatrician diagnosed me with asthma and gave me an inhaler. When I was seven years old, I collapsed whileContinue reading “Educate and Advocate”

Misdiagnosis – the Hidden Killer

How much harm is caused by misdiagnoses in the Emergency Room and other clinical settings? A recent report from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence estimates that 795,000 Americans per year die or are permanently disabled after being misdiagnosed (371,000 patients die and 424,000 are permanently disabled). Missed stroke diagnosis is theContinue reading “Misdiagnosis – the Hidden Killer”