Missed diagnoses common in the doctor’s office

A doctor checks the blood pressure of a patient at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in downtown Los AngelesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Missed or wrong diagnoses are common in primary care and may put some patients at risk of serious complications, a new study suggests. Although mistakes during surgery and in medication prescribing have been at the center of patient safety efforts, researchers said less attention has been paid to missed diagnoses in the doctor's office. Because of how common they are, those errors may lead to more patient injuries and deaths than other mistakes, according to Dr. …

Analysis: Obama spending cuts strategy focused on waiting game

U.S. President Obama speaks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House, while advancing an aggressive public relations campaign to highlight the damaging effects of $85 billion in automatic spending cuts, is largely resigned to the fact that they will go into effect on Friday. With no deal expected in the few days remaining until the cuts kick in, President Barack Obama is pursuing a strategy aimed at generating outrage among Americans that he hopes will force Republicans to come to the negotiating table and agree to his demand for higher taxes after the cuts go into place. …

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