Approximately 12 million adults seeking outpatient medical care in the US are misdiagnosed- according to a new study published in BMJ Quality & Safety. This figure amounts to 1 out of 20 adult patients. Researchers say in half of those cases, the misdiagnosis has the potential to result in severe harm. In an earlier analysis from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, misdiagnosis and medical error was found to account for 9.5% of all US deaths. This makes medical e

The advantages of integrated healthcare are well known and studied. The concept traces its origins back to the 20th century, when Dr. Henry Plummer developed Mayo Clinic's integrated medical record system which allowed doctors to better share patient information with one another. Today, integrated providers such as Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente continue to be the top-rated healthcare systems in terms of outcomes, quality of care and patient-centric experience. Unfortunate