Medical tragedies and the case against a relentless search for a diagnosis

My work history has led me to focus long and hard on clinical risk, and its assessment and management.

From a risk management point of view, moving into emergency telemedicine after a long career as a hospital emergency specialist could be seen as leaping out of the frying pan and into the fire.

“But how do you know that the person ISN’T having a heart attack?”

“How do you know that child DOESN’T have meningitis?”