Bringing your own medications from home and taking them while in the hospital has resulted in hundreds of medication errors over the years. If you bring your own medicines to the hospital, give them to...
Balance billing happens after you’ve paid your deductible, coinsurance or copayment and your insurance company has also paid everything it’s obligated to pay toward your medical bill. If there is still a balance owed on that bill...
From The Davis Law Group, Feb. 19, 2019. Because of the multi-million dollar lawsuits and disciplinary sanctions that typically result from medical errors and other forms of hospital negligence, it has long been understood that… Read More
By Christina Jewett, KHN, Dec. 24, 2019. The Food and Drug Administration continues to file thousands of reports of patients’ deaths related to medical devices through a reporting system that keeps the safety data out… Read More
By Ken Alltucker and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today, Oct.22, 2019. More than 1 in 3 outpatient surgery centers employ doctors who are not board-certified in their respective medical specialty, according to a survey by the… Read More
A watchdog group has identified the top four risks for patient safety at ambulatory care settings, according to a new report. Ambulatory care facilities such as physician offices and outpatient clinics are the most widely...
From the Centers for Disease Control. Clean hands can protect you from serious infections while you are a patient in a healthcare facility. What’s The Problem? Most germs that cause serious infections in healthcare are...
By Anna Medaris Miller, Contributor, U.S. News. March 30, 2015. Red blood cell transfusions are one of the most common procedure in U.S. hospitals, but nearly 60 percent globally were deemed “inappropriate” procedures by a 2011 study. Other research shows the more blood...
Name the best person to direct your medical care if you are unable to do so yourself. When you make a durable power of attorney for health care, the most important decision you will face...
Some states restrict who can serve as your health care agent. Your health care agent is the person that you name in your health (aka advance) care directive to work with your doctors to direct...