APRA offers these free medical forms for patients including: Medical History Checklist, Pocket Travel Medical Info, Family Medical History, Medical History Chart and Medical History with Medications List for patients to download. Medical History Checklist...
Researchers have shown that nearly one-third of all FDA-approved novel therapeutics require new boxed warnings after hitting the market. With over 600 medications carrying boxed warnings and over 40% of patients receiving at least one...
What is outpatient surgery? With improved technology and advances in anesthesia and pain control, many less invasive surgical procedures are now being performed on an outpatient, or ambulatory, basis. Common procedures that are now routinely… Read More...
Just because the law says you have a right to get copies of your medical records doesn’t mean all covered entities are willing to supply them. Your doctor or your insurer may deny you access for reasons...
Millions have listened to the new podcast series, “Dr. Death,” about a surgeon with a penchant for botching procedures and leaving patients crippled—or worse, dead. And I’ve been hearing concerns from my own patients with...
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...
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...
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...
By Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media, October 29, 2019. For the first time, The Leapfrog Group has collected patient safety and quality information about ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). KEY TAKEAWAYS Only...