World Patient Safety Day

Today, 17 September, is World Patient Safety Day.

Mistakes in diagnosing patients cause 16% of harm that could be avoided in all healthcare settings. On World Patient Safety Day, patients, families, health workers, and others are joining together to highlight how important it is to get the right diagnosis quickly and correctly to keep us safe.
A delayed, wrong, or missed diagnosis can:? Make illness last longer   Lead to long-term health problems?? Cause death???? Raise healthcare costs