New research on diabetic wound healing hold promise.
The patient harm resulting from dirty duodenoscopes could have been less if hospitals had been more forthright in disclosing the possible problems.
Proponents of tort reform in medical negligence cases sometimes argue that one big problem that is caused by the threat to doctors of a lawsuit is defensive medicine. One reason this is largely a myth is because it would be Medicare fraud.
Patient deaths and injuries can be reduced by using standardized communication systems when patients are handed off from one provider to another.
Hospitals are being unfortunately incentivised by the federal government to discharge some patients earlier than they should.
UW’s Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering has been granted $16 million dollars to carry out research that hopefully will one day allow paralyzed people to move their limbs.
A recent study found that failing to take an accurate patient history, failing to properly examine the patient, and failing to order proper tests were the main reasons why patients presenting to the ER with abdominal pain were misdiagnosed.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to hold health care providers accountable for negligent care. Lawsuits tend to only occur with catastrophic care. And state boards generally do a poor job of disciplining the worst offenders.
