Medical errors — causes and contradictions

Abstract

Studying and improving the theory of errors of doctors has always been important, and today it has become especially relevant.The article lists the main provisions of the advanced version of the theory of errors of doctors. The main content of the articleis devoted to four important aspects of the problem of physician errors. The article states the main contradiction of the problemof errors in medicine. The structure of general objective and subjective causes of medical errors is shown. The main optionsfor doctors to experience errors that complicate doctors’ mutual understanding in this problem are formulated. For the fi rsttime, the reasons for the denial of errors by doctors are summarized. These aspects and conclusions on them are the result ofan analysis of publications on the problem of errors in medicine, repeated discussions of the problem on professional medicalsites. The content of these aspects was based on its own material on error analysis and observation from practice. The aboveaspects and their conclusions need not so much to be confi rmed by special studies, but rather to refl ect on their role and placein the problem of errors. The general objective and subjective reasons for the occurrence of medical errors are shown inconnection with their possible "guilt". Lack of experience is presented as the most common cause of medical errors. Variousoption for doctors to experience errors are presented as a reason that makes it diffi cult for doctors to understand this problem.

An Intelligent System for Medical Decision Support in Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19

“…In the case of COVID-19, the situation is aggravated by the fact that, due to the scale of the epidemic, doctors of various profiles are forced to be involved in the process of diagnosis and treatment, including those who do not have special knowledge in viral infections and who make decisions based on incomplete information. To help in the diagnosis and treatment of this class of diseases and to reduce significantly the percentage of doctors’ errors [ 3 , 4 ], as noted in many literature sources, intelligent systems for supporting medical decision making exist. This article is devoted to description of the basic principles, architecture, information, and software components of the system aimed at the differential diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.…”