tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post8376575905886275236..comments2023-07-20T05:30:32.466-07:00Comments on In My Humble Opinion: I Call BullshitJordan Grumethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566078305685946261noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-32084768018767075742013-09-26T18:20:26.248-07:002013-09-26T18:20:26.248-07:00I think that a soldier in a foxhole who cannot see...I think that a soldier in a foxhole who cannot see the whole battle would think that the battle was "bullshit." The doctor has no concept of the number of medical errors that take place each day in our nation. My estimate (440,000/34,000,000) essentially asserts that just over 1.3% of the patients hospitalized each year have their lives significantly shortened by a lethal medical error. No one is asserting that many of these patients don't already have serious illnesses, but the end cause is a mistake in care.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322013611645548834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-30331254625901105652013-09-26T05:27:37.255-07:002013-09-26T05:27:37.255-07:00I agree.That number is of the same type of BS as w...I agree.That number is of the same type of BS as was the number that IOM fabricated about the number of hospitals deaths due to errors.james gaultenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-84807681654639281682013-09-26T05:24:37.856-07:002013-09-26T05:24:37.856-07:00I agree.That number is of the same type of BS as w...I agree.That number is of the same type of BS as was the number that IOM fabricated about the number of patients who die each year in hospitals due to medical mistakes.2james gaultenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-45239209264488311392013-09-25T21:38:32.652-07:002013-09-25T21:38:32.652-07:00You are the most amazing Doctor ever. I don't ...You are the most amazing Doctor ever. I don't know what else to say, except i wish you were my Doctor.tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-88517415566334810932013-09-25T18:17:15.659-07:002013-09-25T18:17:15.659-07:00Unfortunately, I'm on the end where I see a nu...Unfortunately, I'm on the end where I see a number of mistakes and people are too afraid of the retaliation, blacklisting, and the like to do anything. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com