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
I read through thousands of medical records a week to analyze cases or determine if there is a case to begin with. One thing I find in
Some doctors opt out of insurance – and can leave their patients in the cold People commonly assume that the doctor or surgeon they are
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