In response to some patients’ problems with accessing their own records, the Obama administration issued new guidelines recently on patients’ rights to these records.
Suing health care providers for money might sound to some people distasteful, but it accomplishes at least two very worthy goals.
Mike Eisenberg, son of patient advocate Dr. John Eisenberg, is making a documentary to educate the public about the current patient safety crisis.
The vast majority of people harmed by medical malpractice never file a claim. In those instances, there is no accountability for the negligent actor.
One hospital has taken an important step in increasing transparency at its hospital: it is addressing medical errors online, allowing the public access to these findings.
A recent study suggests that a new high-sensitivity test for heart attacks will allow for results in only one hour.
The patient harm resulting from dirty duodenoscopes could have been less if hospitals had been more forthright in disclosing the possible problems.
Proponents of tort reform in medical negligence cases sometimes argue that one big problem that is caused by the threat to doctors of a lawsuit is defensive medicine. One reason this is largely a myth is because it would be Medicare fraud.
Patient deaths and injuries can be reduced by using standardized communication systems when patients are handed off from one provider to another.
Hospitals are being unfortunately incentivised by the federal government to discharge some patients earlier than they should.
