KevinMD March 13, 2025
Despite the heralded To Err Is Human, there is still no effective risk management strategy to prevent medical liability. Past discussions on KevinMD have explored a risk-management strategy that differentiates medical errors from random errors of nature with 95 percent confidence. Like any decision-making method, this strategy has weaknesses that deserve mention.
Weaknesses of the strategy
1. Standards of care are empirical and adaptable. A medical intervention that differs from the standard of care does not necessarily mean a departure from it. A calculated risk may be undertaken to avoid a medical error, aligning with the evolving nature of the standard of care.
2. There is no attribution for the incident risk of a medical error in any specific medical...
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