Every hospital patient needs someone with them at all times to help prevent medical errors and keep them safe. That’s a mantra I have advocated for years, and another example of why it’s good advice comes with a riveting story in the Washington Post by health writer Sandra Boodman. Ms. Boodman’s article tells how a….
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Preventive Health Care: U.S. Is Dead Last Among Industrialized Nations
“Amenable mortality” is a body count of unnecessary deaths due to lack of preventive health care. The latest measure is not flattering to the American health care system. Researchers count these deaths by looking at premature deaths in areas like these: * Adults who die from breast or colon cancer before age 75, indicating lack….
Continue ReadingHeart Failure: An Expensive Revolving Door
Nobody wants to go home from the hospital only to be readmitted within a few weeks. But that revolving door is very common in conditions like heart failure, where the patient’s heart muscle doesn’t pump effectively after it has been weakened by heart attack or other heart disease. The open secret of the hospital industry….
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