Who is operating on you during a cesarean birth? At teaching hospitals, the answer often includes a resident physician. A new study suggests that involvement
Software may decide how many nurses care for you tonight. Nurses are pushing back. Staffing is a patient safety issue. When a unit has too
A hospital doesn’t just have to provide good care once a patient walks in. It has to be reachable in the first place. Distance is
We have been told for decades that hospital mergers are good for the consumer. That larger systems can leverage their scale to negotiate better prices
Sepsis in children rarely announces itself. A fever, fast breathing, a child who seems “just off” — these signs can mimic a dozen ordinary illnesses.
Heart failure is a global health problem, but how it is defined, diagnosed, and classified has not always been consistent. Differences in terminology and diagnostic
Most people assume that more medical care is better medical care. It makes sense, doesn’t it? Routine screenings. Diagnostic testing. Additional treatments. Ongoing monitoring and
When a doctor says, “You’re being admitted,” most people picture a hospital bed. For a growing number of patients, what they get instead is a
For families, sepsis is devastating twice: first when it takes their child, and again when the medical system offers no explanation for why. In March
Medical negligence litigation captures some of what a patient loses — but rarely all of it. Economic damages and lost wages matter, yet they miss