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Ebola in Dallas – a classic diagnostic error

All attempts at measuring quality in medicine depend on correct diagnosis. Diagnostic accuracy represents the lynchpin of high quality care. As everyone knows, the first US Ebola diagnosed patient visited an emergency department at the onset of his illness, but did not get diagnosed properly or admitted to the hospital. Few doctors would have made […]