15% WRONG: The Outrageous Truth About Medical Misdiagnosis

by Richard Griffith, Russ Hill (editor), Art Dimock (editor)

The U.S. Government estimates that as many as 90,000 Americans die each year as a consequence of mistakes made in the process of reaching a medical diagnosis. In other words, multiple studies find that one in seven efforts by medical practitioners to determine what causes a medical condition comes up with the wrong answer. So, treatment is not efficacious, and bad outcomes occur. The primary problem appears to be abandoning the differential diagnosis paradigm in favor of a time-saving approach we might call a “guess and verify strategy.” The physician makes an educated guess and then runs some tests to verify that presumption. That method suffers from “confirmation bias.” Confirmation bias means that the presumptive guess leads the practitioner to discount evidence that refutes that guess and emphasizes findings that validate the guess. But the real issue lies in the fate of the patient receiving treatment for the wrong donation. Fortunately, technology offers a solution by generating a differential diagnosis automatically. But society must insist that hospitals and clinics act on that opportunity. Medical professionals have not generally supported the adoption of such a technology. This book takes the reader through the ins and outs of this vital debate. This problem affects more lives than America ever lost per year in automobile accidents.

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 13, 2023

About the author

Living in the wilds of Alaska and running between igloos, Richard Griffith often takes breaks from wrestling bears to ride his pet moose into work and have bald eagles deliver new books.
Often he locks himself away and pounds away at his keyboard, delusionally thinking that he is producing works worthy of mass consumption. As the long winter nights creep in, his madness grows and his writing does actually tend to improve.

In truth, after a 24 year military career, Richard Griffith believed he had some stories in his head that people might like to read. After completing his first novel in 2015 he was hooked and has been producing an average of 4 books a year ever since.
Military service has provided him with a multitude of ideas ranging from sword wielding modern knights to a couple of world saving janitors at Area 51.
If you enjoy science fiction, fantasy, monster hunters, mysteries or superheroes, this is the author for you.
So jump on in and enjoy the madness.