Healing the Overwhelmed Physician
June 12, 2013
“The nation’s $325 billion prescription-drug market offers an enormous incentive to develop and disseminate information lauding the presumed virtues of costly new medications, but there is much less muscle behind
Top Execs At “Big Five’’ Health Insurers Each Pull In Millions
June 12, 2013
Connecticut Health I-Team | By: Barbara Nagy | June 10, 2013 – Health care reform, new Wall Street regulations and outrage over large pay packages are likely to put pressure
Three out of 20 scopes used to examine GI tracts and colons improperly cleaned
June 11, 2013
Before your next endoscopic procedure, you want to read this – or maybe not! APIC’s (the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) mission is to create a safer
The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill – Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures
June 2, 2013
NY Times By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL| Published: June 1, 2013 – MERRICK, N.Y. — Deirdre Yapalater’s recent colonoscopy at a surgical center near her home here on Long Island went smoothly: she
Medical errors are hard for doctors to admit, but it’s wise to apologize to patients
May 30, 2013
Some states have taken legislative action on disclosure of medical errors. For example, Pennsylvania in 2002 adopted a law requiring hospitals to notify patients in writing within seven days after
Medical mistakes occurred at all levels of my care
May 30, 2013
MedpageToday’s KevinMD.com – Itzhak Brook, MD|Physician| May 18, 2013 – Medical and surgical errors are very common in the hospital setting. They increase malpractice lawsuits, the cost of medical care, patients’
Doctors’ Lucrative Industry Ties
May 21, 2013
NY Times, May 13, 2013, By RONI CARYN RABIN Dr. Alfred J. Tria is the chief of orthopedic surgery at St. Peter’s University Hospital, a 478-bed facility in New Brunswick,
Hospital Billing Varies Wildly, Government Data Shows
May 9, 2013
The New York Times | By BARRY MEIER, JO CRAVEN McGINTY and JULIE CRESWELL | May 8, 2013 A hospital in Livingston, N.J., charged $70,712 on average to implant a
U.S. to Delete Data on Life-Threatening Mistakes From Website
May 6, 2013
Bloomberg By Charles R. Babcock – May 2, 2013 12:01 AM ET Two years ago, over objections from the hospital industry, the U.S. announced it would add data about “potentially life-threatening” mistakes
Seniors Sue Medicare To Close Nursing Home Coverage Gap
May 6, 2013
C-HIT By: Susan Jaffe | May 3, 2013 Roberta Baxter, a 78-year-old retired instructional assistant for the Killingly school system, dislocated her kneecap after a fall in her bathroom last