The coronavirus pandemic is unsettling to all of us. I have been pleasantly surprised with the reaction from our community (particularly Washington State) to the
As we seemingly enter a new and heightened phase of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in Seattle, I am reminded how easy it is to get
You may have read our previous coverage regarding the aspergillus infections acquired at Seattle Children’s Hospital. You may have also seen Tyler Goldberg-Hoss’s interviews related
Some of the largest health care systems in the country are opposing a rule aimed at improving your access to patient records The Department of
Surgery centers are increasingly popular alternatives to hospitals; they come with some unappealing tradeoffs, however. The concept of surgical centers started almost fifty years ago as
A National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLB) grant study of 558 unique individuals was undertaken to compare medications that patients took at admission compared
Long hours and low pay contributing to residents’ frustration Residents at the University of Washington staged a “sick in” recently in order to get medical
And they often get these “other causes” into evidence A recent Court of Appeals case came out reversing a trial court’s decision for a couple
It turns out health care spending does not directly correlate to “healthiness” An algorithm widely used to allocate health care resources among patient populations has
The recently-disclosed problems at Seattle Children’s Hospital with regard to infection from the aspergillus mold highlight some of the problems facing hospitals. Hospitals are not just