Patients should have as much access to information as possible. The more they know, the more informed decision about their health and life that can ...
Read More »Hospitals Screening Wealthy Patients – and Providing Luxury Gifts – for Potential Donors
Nonprofit hospitals across the United States are seeking donations from the people who rely on them most: their patients. Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings ...
Read More »Diabetes: Most Common Condition for Geriatric E.R. Repeat Visits
Older adults go to the emergency department more often than other age groups, stay longer, and typically require more resources and medical interventions. The most ...
Read More »Trump Hosts White House Talk with Patients, Experts to Fix Surprise Medical Bills
President Donald Trump on Wednesday instructed administration officials to investigate how to prevent surprise medical bills, broadening his focus on drug prices to include other ...
Read More »Doctors Call California’s Probe Of Opioid Deaths A ‘Witch Hunt’
The Medical Board of California has launched investigations into doctors who prescribed opioids to patients who, perhaps months or years later, fatally overdosed. The effort, ...
Read More »Patients Turn To GoFundMe When Money And Hope Run Out
Tammy Fox wanted to help after a friend took ill with a rare and difficult-to-diagnose autoimmune disorder that required many trips to the Mayo Clinic. ...
Read More »Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model For Convenience, Fast Service Options
Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic 23-year-old doesn’t want one. Since his graduation last year from the University of ...
Read More »A Baby Was Treated With A Nap And A Bottle Of Formula. The Hospital Bill Was $18,000.
On the first morning of Jang Yeo Im’s vacation to San Francisco in 2016, her 8-month-old son, Park Jeong Whan, fell off the bed in ...
Read More »AMA Adopts Ethical Guidance on Medical Tourism
New ethical guidance on medical tourism was adopted this week at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Annual Meeting to help physicians understand their fundamental responsibilities ...
Read More »Proton Centers Are Struggling. Is This A Sign Of A Health Care Bubble?
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center chose “Survivor” as the theme for its grand opening in 2016, invoking the reality-TV show’s tropical sets with its own ...
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