Category Archives: How-To for Patients
Admitted to Your Bedroom: Some Hospitals Try Treating Patients at Home
April 28, 2015In response for the call to reduce the costs associated with health care, hospitals are trying new ways to treat patients without the higher costs by providing hospital-level treatment at
Rants of a Patient Safety Advocate – True Story in the Emergency Room: The Emergency Room Dilemma
March 17, 2015My friend and fellow advocate, Ilene Corina, wrote: “Just imagine walking into a supermarket and the carts are all sitting in the aisles so scattered you can barely get through.
10 Things Your Doctor Won’t Tell You…
January 10, 2015Did you know that common objects like stethoscopes in a hospital can be contaminated with disease-causing germs? Or that the best time to schedule surgery is during banking hours? 10
When It Comes to Health Insurance, People Don’t Know What They Need
December 25, 2014Earlier this month, Lisa Freeman wrote a guest blog on the Connecticut Health Foundation website sharing her view that the health care system is not giving our residents the necessary
When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write
August 17, 2014NPR by Leana Wen August 17, 2014 – The woman was sitting on a gurney in the emergency room, and I was facing her, typing. I had just written about
The Battle Against Misdiagnosis: American doctors make the wrong call more than 12 million times a year.
August 8, 2014The Wall Street Journal | By Hardeep Singh, Aug. 7, 2014 7:16 p.m. ET – There is a new very sobering number out in the news today. Twelve MILLION misdiagnoses a year.
How to be a good visitor at a nursing home
January 27, 2014With flu season upon us, we need to remind ourselves of the following suggestions found in this APIC poster on how to be a good visitor at a nursing home. But,
Faster Assistance for Medicare Patients
August 27, 2013The NY Times The New Old Age Caring and Coping August 23, 2013, By JUDITH GRAHAM Just over a year ago, Medicare quality improvement organizations (Q.I.O.’s) across the country began
Despite lists, experts disagree on the ‘best hospitals’
September 28, 2012By Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY September 28, 2012 – Nearly 40% of consumers surveyed last year said they use hospital ratings to choose a health care facility, but there’s little
Hospitals ‘Unaccountable,’ says surgeon in new book
September 18, 2012USA TODAY | 9/18/2012 |Kim Painter Most of us know how to comparison shop for a car, a home or the week’s groceries. But when it comes to picking hospitals