ADEFEMI HOSPITAL: Getting It Right Is Far More Important Than Where We Rank BY DOCTOR OLAWALE JOHN

Posted by Dr Olawale John  on 18 Jun 2014 at 8:24 am With the release of the Commonwealth Fund study ranking the US healthcare system last among 11 peer nations, much will be said over the next few days about why the results are alarming, or flawed, or why one nation is better than another. However, very little will be said about what should actually matter most in healthcare. Are we getting diagnoses and treatments right? In most of the world, in Nigeria included, we are not seeing a decrease in the high number of misdiagnoses. Published studies indicate misdiagnoses happen in close to a third of medical cases in Nigeria

The needless suffering and billions of wasted health care dollars misdiagnosis presents should encourage patients to ask more questions and not hesitate to seek an expert second opinion. The system itself must change to enable physicians to spend more time with patients than the 15 minutes or less we often see.

Costs, timeliness, and equity are all incredibly important, but when we finally address major issues like misdiagnosis, we’ll start to see healthcare accomplish its primary purpose to diagnose and treat effectively.

Dr. Olawale John
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