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 growing concern in the American health care system is a lack of nurses, often the result of hospitals putting profit margins ahead of patient safety.
After the recent outbreaks of infection from unclean duodenoscopes in Seattle and LA, the FDA states that cleaning must be improved to keep patients safe
A new book is out about the lives of nurses in America. One important takeaway: don’t go to a teaching hospital in July if you can help it.
A recent article in Politico outlines the growing issue of electronic medical records leading to lawsuits.
Virtual, remote medicine is becoming a reality. For years, offsite radiologist have been able to read and interpret radiology films remotely. Now health care institutions in the Pacific Northwest are offering clinic-like services via remote health care provider, among other services.
Clostridium Difficile (C-diff) Infections are on the rise in the United States, complicating the health of many and unfortunately killing thousands in health care facilities since 2011.