Did you know there is a statewide patient safety program that requires hospitals to notify in writing any patient affected by a serious medical...
Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, is losing an emergency room doctor. Dr. Jovan Ojdrovic has worked at Sacred Heart for 23 years...
The popular prescription diabetes drug Avandia will only be available in very limited distribution as of November 18, 2011. Avandia has been on the...
There’s a new measurement tool in town for assessing hospital errors and safety, and it’s finding that there are more errors than we originally...
Legacy Health of Portland implemented a new initiative two years ago with the aim of lowering infection rates and patient deaths, and it looks...
We’ve blogged before about cases of neglect and worse in nursing homes across the country. Recently a Kentucky family won $42.75 million in a...
My husband had surgery recently, and we were really impressed with the entire hospital staff. Everyone was really helpful, friendly, and efficient. Each person...
Sorry, but here’s another nightmare story about an elderly patient who suffered extreme neglect at the nursing home paid to care for her. Alice...
A recent story in USA Today outlines the decline in the number of doctors practicing family medicine. Apparently medical students and doctors think specializing...
Another excellent story in the Seattle PI sheds some light on the state of our nation’s hospitals. The article is full of frightening statistics...
Childbirth and aging can have some unpleasant effects on your bladder, but you may want to think twice before undergoing any medical procedures to...
I don’t think you’d get many arguments from anyone that our nation’s health care system could use some help. So many are uninsured, and...
The American College of Emergency Physicians just published its 2009 National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine, which ranks emergency rooms across...
Does the Food and Drug Administration’s fast-track policy for new medical devices help or hurt? According to an article in the New York Times...
Well, cold season is fast upon us, and for many that means scouring the medicine aisles for cold remedies. Not so fast, my friends!...
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