Dr. Sanjay appeared with the doctors today to discuss medical mistakes.

TheDoctorsTV and Dr. Sanjay Gupta

While this show was an open and honest look at the human mistakes that doctors make in their ‘practice’ of medicine; it makes you wonder how to evaluate your physician and monitor the skill set and choices made with your case.

The discussions covered some specific examples and general information about the M and M Conference doctors have on Mondays. Morbidity and Mortality issues are jockeyed around to address errors and help the doctors grow into better practitioners.

There are checks and balances in the medical system; yet 200,000 people die annually from mistakes. That’s not a good track record…

Finally some ideas to help prevent medical mistakes were offered to the audience. Basically it’s up to you to ensure the doctors know what they are doing and perform their skills with precision. It takes a team effort.

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