Two major pharmacy chains announced this week that they were reducing their hours in response to staffing shortages. Walmart pharmacies will be closing earlier in
This summer a large study found “statistically significant decreases in the annual rates of in-hospital adverse events” for numerous indicators of patient safety. The study
It makes sense that stretched thin hospital staff is more likely to make mistakes. Long hours, few breaks, too many patients – all of this
Medicare Advantage plans are private options for Medicare eligible Americans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services pay per diagnosis, so in effect they pay
Emergency department staff at Kitsap County’s lone hospital recently called 911 for urgent help to put out a fire. The “fire”, though, was overwhelmed staff
We see it more and more – patients have to fail multiple therapies before they may finally begin the one actually recommended by their physician.
Our firm gets numerous medical publications online. Every once in a while I see an article that makes me think: “We really know very little about
Preterm infants may be born with underdeveloped lungs that need a significant amount of support. This need may continue for the baby’s first months of
Algorithms have long been used in medicine to evaluate whether targeted workups are needed for different conditions. They are computations that help providers determine the
The pandemic has caused us to make a major step backwards in controlling the spread of drug-resistant infections. Many of these drug-resistant infections have benefited
