By Steve Sternberg, Senior Writer U.S. News. Evidence is incomplete, but still shows most patients will be impacted by the problem at some point in their lives. Most people experience at least one diagnostic error during...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS. Hospital acquired infections: About 650,000 patients each year develop a hospital acquired infection. So, on any given day, about one of every 25 hospitalized patients are infected...
By Sharon Begley, NEW YORK. (Reuters) – An analysis of government data on hospital safety, including how likely patients are to die of avoidable surgical complications, shows that hospitals vary markedly on these measures and that...
By Jane Mundy, Lawyers and Settlements.com. Last July Rothanie went to the ER, doubled over in pain. She had an appendectomy and spent a total of two days in the hospital. Rothanie is now facing...
By Mary Bowerman, USA WEEKEND. Doctors touch dozens of patients a day and medical standards require them to sanitize after each exam. But what about stethoscopes? A new study in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests...
By Brittney Wilson – The Nerdy Nurse. If you’re feeling sick, you may schedule an appointment to see your doctor or visit a hospital emergency room. However, before you head to the nearest medical facility,...
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”...
Visit propublica.org and use the available tool to compare nursing homes in a state based on the deficiencies cited by regulators and the penalties imposed in the past three years. You can also search over...
Jessie Gruman can’t remember the number of times she’s been hospitalized for cancer. The list of the conditions she’s had over almost 40 years is daunting: from Hodgkin’s lymphoma to cancers of the cervix and...
By REED ABELSON for the New York Times. Four popular national rating systems used by consumers to judge hospitals frequently come to very different conclusions about which hospitals are the best — or worst — potentially...