I recently wrote on the immunity health care providers enjoy now based on care provided related to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Even without the immunity
Consolidation is not new to health care. The most obvious example is of a hospital buying small clinics to expand its footprint. Those campaigns are
The vast majority of people who call my office looking for legal help are not familiar with the legal system. They’ve likely never spoken with
Often in my world patients often are explicitly or implicitly blamed for the harm that has happened to them. It is not the provider’s fault
Background studies on medication errors There are far too many medication errors on a daily basis. A study on medication errors describes that about 1.3
The Secretary of HHS (Dept. of Health and Human Services) recently declared that health care providers, and those companies that make or distribute drugs and
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