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By Brett Kelman and Blake Farmer, Kaiser Health News Published 6:13 AM EST, Thu February 16, 2023 KHN —  Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in January 2021 because she was bleeding. She didn’t know much about miscarriage, but this seemed like one. In the emergency room, she was examined then …

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Experts say U.S. hospitals still have a long way to go to improve patient safety. Jan. 11, 2023, 5:02 PM EST / Updated Jan. 11, 2023, 9:32 PM EST By Kaitlin Sullivan Nearly 1 in 4 patients who are admitted to hospitals in the U.S. will experience harm, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of …

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By Nadia Kounang, CNN Updated 5:11 PM EST, Fri December 16, 2022 CNN —  A new study finds that nearly 6% of the estimated 130 million people who go to US emergency rooms every year are misdiagnosed, which translates to about 1 in 18 patients getting the wrong diagnosis. The report, published Thursday by the US Department of …

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