By Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel. Five years ago, Dr. Ivan Castro of Winter Park Florida was miserable with the way medicine was going. “I was constantly running behind to see the next patient and had… Read More
Janis Finer, 57, a popular primary care physician in Tulsa, Okla., gave up her busy practice two years ago to care full time for hospitalized patients. The lure? Regular shifts, every other week off and a 10 percent increase in pay.
We generally see six to eight types of healthcare systems. There is some overlap, with some organizations falling into several types. 1. Elite Systems. These systems generally make U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals”...
By Garcia-Retamero, Galesic M. From ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. In the past decade, the number of lawsuits for medical malpractice has risen significantly. This could affect the way doctors make decisions for their patients. To investigate whether and why… Read More
House committee probes CMS, Joint Commission over accreditation process By MARIA CASTELLUCCI, Modern Healthcare, March 13, 2018. Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have launched an investigation into the hospital accreditation process following a Wall… Read More
Condensed from Propublica. Patient safety is one of the most talked about topics in medicine today, but it’s rare to hear from patients who have been injured. ProPublica gathered more than 1,000 stories of patient… Read More
By Peter Coy – Businessweek. Life expectancy in the U.S. has been growing more slowly than in other developed countries and is now more than a year below the developed-country average, according to a… Read More
BY DAVID WENNER – Of The Patriot-News. Dr. Jennifer Zampogna showed many signs of having a drug addiction that could endanger patients. Pharmacists noticed. Her staff noticed. So did the state attorney general’s office,… Read More
By Jim Klein for APRA. There is no direct punishment for breaking the Hippocratic oath in modern days. It can be said that malpractice is the same thing and it carries a wide range of… Read More
By Jim Klein for APRA. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying needlessly and millions more are being injured in hospitals every year due to a hidden epidemic of preventable medical errors and harm* Hospitals earn more money by treating… Read More