The App That Everyone Needs
The Patient’s Hospital Safety Guide app contains valuable information that everyone should have in case they, a family member or friend, need to visit a hospital due to an illness, injury, accident, or even for… Read More
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Patients Are Unaware That:
Most patients are unaware that: 1) Hospital medical errors are the third leading cause of death, killing up to 440,000 people a year. Approximately 25,000 hospital patients are harmed every day; 2) Patient safety in… Read More
Did your doctor make a mistake? Suing medical providers in Florida is easy, winning isn’t
By Cindy Krischer Goodman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Nov 21, 2022. Your mammogram showed you had breast cancer but no one caught it. Your doctor botched your surgery because he himself was ill, or the hospital… Read More
Is Your Doctor Banned From Practicing in Other States?
State Licensing System Keeps Patients, Hospitals and Regulators in the Dark Like traveling medicine hucksters of old, doctors who run into trouble today can hopscotch from state to state, staying ahead of regulators. Instead of...
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Feeling Dismissed – How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.
Article Summary: This article discusses tips on advocating for patient rights in a healthcare setting. By Christina Caron, NY Times, Jul 29, 2022. Christina, who lives in Portland, Me., said she felt ignored by doctors...
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12 Most Famous Medical Malpractice Cases – Dirty Dozen of Medical Mistakes
While we live in a time of great medical advances, serious medical mistakes take an enormous number of lives. By the last count, independent studies suggest that between 200,000 and 400,000 people die each year in...
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An $80,000 surprise bill points to a loophole in a new law to protect patients
Article Summary: An insurer refused to pay bills related to the premature birth of the Bull family’s twins because it said their delivery wasn’t an emergency and their stays in the NICU weren’t medically necessary…. Read More
Fake patient reviews are making it increasingly hard to seek medical help on Google, Yelp and other directory sites
Article Summary: Patients are finding it difficult to trust online reviews of health care providers as they are becoming increasingly fake with no signs of an imminent crackdown. By Laura Sydell, The Washington Post, June… Read More
Saving Lives With the American Patient Rights Association
Up to 440,000 people are dying each year from preventable medical errors in hospitals, and more than 500,000 people are bankrupted by predatory medical bills. APRA is fighting to stop these preventable deaths and bankruptcies…. Read More
US Healthcare 101: How to Fight High Medical Bills
A personal story of fighting the villains of the healthcare “non-system”. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on throughout the US and the world at large, doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals alike are being hailed… Read More...
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