Medical Errors and DM Care
Medical error is an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis and/or treatment of a disease; injury; syndrome; behavior; infection or other ailment.
However, medical error definitions are subject to debate, as there are many types of medical error from minor to major,[1] and causality is often poorly determined. The Health Grades study statistics, based on AHRQ MedPAR data, were based on administrative records, not clinical records, and largely overlooked multi-causality of outcomes.
Common pitfall in DM Care are...1 No aspirin in diabetes patient ( aspirin can decreased cardiovascular disease and mortality rate in DM patients)
2 No Statin in diabetes patient
3 A1C more than 7.0%
4 Blood Pressure more than 130/90 mm Hg
