So much care it hurts: unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients' ills. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

So much care it hurts: unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients' ills. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published October 2017

So much care it hurts: unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients' ills.

Szabo L. Kaiser Health News. October 23, 2017.

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment present a challenge to patient safety. This news article reports on the prevalence of overtreatment among patients with cancer, how it can result in patient harm, and patient stories that illustrate the impact of overtreatment. A past PSNet interview discussed the patient safety implications of diagnostic radiology overuse. 

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