Patient Education
U.S. Psyche Bedevils Health Effort
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009I hate the health-care system — but don’t you dare mess with it.
That’s a pretty apt summary of the American mind-set about health care — and not just now, but for decades. Something about health care calls forth from the national psyche a deep, almost inexplicable schizophrenia, as the latest, delayed effort to…
Seeking Safer Surgery
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009A 42-year-old woman dies shortly after undergoing five cosmetic procedures in a New York plastic surgeon’s office. A 53-year-old Tucson patient having liposuction and surgery to tighten her jaw line stops breathing. A 21-year-old man has a fatal reaction to anesthesia while undergoing minor genital surgery…
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Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Waiting to see his dermatologist about a skin rash, John Barnett heard the doctor sneeze loudly before he came into the exam room. The Seattle-area retiree says it took all his courage to ask, “Are you going to wash your hands before you examine me?”…
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In Just a Flash, Simple Surgery Can Turn Deadly
Monday, March 2nd, 2009An electrical spark from a surgical tool sets off a fire in the breathing tube of a young tonsillectomy patient…..
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Communication Now Part of the Cure
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007USA Today
Erin Donaghue
Retired Boston physician Jonathan Fine became a patient advocate in 2004 when he realized communication between doctor and patient is often the first casualty of a major illness.
Miscommunication puts patients at greater risk of becoming victims of preventable medical errors, according to a report this year by the…
How to Size Up Your Hospital
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007The Wall Street Journal
Theo Francis
Amid a broad push to bring more accountability to the U.S. health-care system, consumers have access to a growing range of data on hospital quality.
Just a few years ago, only a handful of resources offered such data — some of it too broad to apply to…
Medicare Conditions of Coverage
Monday, June 11th, 2007Part 416 – Ambulatory Surgical Services
Ten Things Your Hospital Won’t Tell You
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Smart Money
Reshma Kapadia
Treatment errors are common, finding someone in charge can seem impossible, and patients sometimes wind up sicker than when they arrived. And here’s a tip: Try to avoid hospitals late at night and in July.
“Oops, wrong kidney.”
In recent years, errors in treatment have become a serious…