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Can patients influence diagnostics?

When I asked this question via social network, I have received the avalanche of fuming responses from medical professionals. The majority found the question ridiculous. Of course, patients have an influence....

Category: attitude to patients, behaviour change, culture in healthare, diagnostic errors, diagnostic mistakes, Misdiagnosis, patient damage, patient engagement, Patient safety, patients control over diagnostics, Uncategorized Tags: can patients control diagnostics?, doctors think that patients are lacking objectivity, negligent behaviour in healthcare, patients are uncapable to judge

Innovative technologies for new methods of cancer detection

Anywhere, from 15% to 28% of cancer diagnoses are misleading. This was the alarming conclusion of an Exploring Diagnostic Accuracy in Cancer survey conducted at late 2012 by the US National...

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Why patients distrust physicians?

Have you ever doubt your doctor’s decision? If so, you are not the only one. Even doctors nowadays doubt the efficiency of healthcare system advising patients not to trust physicians “any...

Category: Doctors, health as a business, Healthcare as a business, Medical Errors, medication adherence, medication comliance, Microsoft Health Vault, Misdiagnosis, Patient mistrust physicians, Patient safety, Patients, Patients damage, Patients do not trust doctors, Patients Physcians Relationships, Personal Health Records, Uncategorized Tags: healhtcare as a business, health as a business, medical errors, misdiagnosis, patients distrust doctors, patients physicians relationships, patients trust doctors

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