A recent study found that female doctors were less likely than their male counterparts to experience a “medico-legal action.”
A recent article published in the Seattle Times details how Seattle-area hospitals fared in recent a Consumer Reports analysis of a hospital’s ability to prevent patients from acquiring infections.
A new study found that the combination of antidepressants and NSAIDs results in an increased risk for hospitalization for intracranial hemorrhage.
A recent Consumer Reports article describes a link between respectful treatment by health care works and fewer preventable medical errors. Unfortunately the converse is true: disrespectful doctors and nurses make more medical errors causing harm.
A new study shows that the combination of antidepressants and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications can increase the risk of intracranial bleeding
A new smartphone app allows clinicians to share patient photos for the purpose of aiding in tricky diagnoses.
After a major surgery, where a patient goes for care for postoperative complications had a big impact on how well they recovered. Returning to the same hospital where the surgery occurred allows for continuity of care and results in less chance of death.
Health care providers must follow up on potentially serious lab and radiology results, even if they are "incidental" findings that the tests weren’t intending or expecting to find.
The findings of two new studies show that migraine sufferers are often treated with narcotic painkillers or barbiturates, which goes against guidelines for the safe treatment of such patients.
A new study suggests that, for some cases of appendicitis, the best course of action may not be surgery at all. Instead, antibiotics may be enough.