I think the bigger takeaway here is that 50% of the time doctors will miss what you have.

gpm 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's not a takeaway here at all.

It's 50% of the time ER doctors working solely from notes, something they never do, in a situation they know is only for a study, will miss what you have.

In real clinical situations the doctors see, hear, smell, and interact with the patients.

	▲	lokar 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also, it just says they did not make the "correct" call, but that could mean they ordered an extra test, or took a more conservative route for treatment.

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ngokevin 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I believe in modern medicine but I lost some faith in the American institutions around it when I "diagnosed" my partner with the correct disease that the first rheumatologist dismissed and told them to just stretch. It was officially diagnosed years later, and we lost a lot of time because of it.

	▲	oofbey 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I’m so sorry. American medical institutions are a very long way from the best way to practice medicine.