The Leapfrog Group’s 2022 Hospital safety grades reflect a decline in patient safety over the course of the pandemic. There are many factors that contribute
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a new policy to remove antiquated “race-based” medicine from its clinical guidelines. Prior to these recent efforts, AAP
In a bid to save thousands of dollars, a private equity group that runs an emergency physician practice group instead found itself at the wrong
The Washington state Attorney general’s office recently filed suit against fourteen Providence Health & Services hospitals across the state for failing to provide charity care
If you live in Seattle, you may recall a major news story several years ago regarding Swedish Hospital’s neurosciences department where, among other things, it
Imagine two twins, Jane and John. Jane is stopped at a right light when an inattentive driver collided with her car from behind. The crash
I read two interesting, and somewhat related, articles in medical journals this week. One of them was a review of primary care physicians’ incomes. The other was
A 2017 Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers are even
As readers of this blog may know, we participated in a 5+ week all-Zoom trial in May and June of 2021, resulting in a significant
Everyone that calls our office was injured – to varying degrees – through some sort of medical care. They want to know whether their case