Comments on: Diagnosis errors continues to be the leading malpractice cause http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/diagnosis-errors-continues-to-be.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gasman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/diagnosis-errors-continues-to-be.html/comment-page-1#comment-67604 Gasman Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/diagnosis-errors-continues-to-be-the-leading-malpractice-cause.html#comment-67604 Hindsite bias is strong, and almost completely invisible to those who are in its grasp. It is easy to convince any rational person that a test, no matter how unlikely it was to have provided useful information before the outcome was to play out, was absolutely paramount. Knowning the answer massively biases the 'experts' and the lay public.<br/><br/>If money were no object, as it is for most insured patients, then we want the doc seeing us to order tests out the wazoo. We only whine when the test causes us discomfort (colonoscopy, biopsies, etc.), or time away from work or family (just about everything). Hindsite bias is strong, and almost completely invisible to those who are in its grasp. It is easy to convince any rational person that a test, no matter how unlikely it was to have provided useful information before the outcome was to play out, was absolutely paramount. Knowning the answer massively biases the ‘experts’ and the lay public.

If money were no object, as it is for most insured patients, then we want the doc seeing us to order tests out the wazoo. We only whine when the test causes us discomfort (colonoscopy, biopsies, etc.), or time away from work or family (just about everything).

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