Category: Doctors
Washington State Department of Health takes disciplinary actions against health care providers, including suspensions and revocations of licenses, certifications, or registrations of providers in the state.
Does the GOP want to have a “moral” veto over your health insurance? Is U.S. healthcare already ‘socialized’? What’s it like to work as a home health aide?
Increases in copayments of only a few dollars led to declines in the use of several healthcare services for the children they affected, according to a new study. Use of services with no increase in copayments did not decline.
The numbers are still small but some women opt for home for the convenience and to save money. Consumer health columnist Michelle Andrews reports.
A new research review suggests that the use of one popular method of monitoring, known as cardiotocography, does not improve maternal and fetal outcomes and makes women more likely to have cesarean sections.
Sarah Palin on special needs. When doctors treat their family members. The neurology of ethics. Not all memory loss is Alzheimer’s. And the politics of the Komen-Planned Parenthood controversy.
Preterm babies, those born before 39 weeks, are at increased risk for death, low birth weight, lung disorders, feeding problems and blood infections. More than 500,000 infants are born prematurely in the U.S. each year, an increase of 36 percent in the past two decades.
Doctors report that they’re not always completely honest with patients, especially when it comes to disclosing a medical mistake, or discussing a difficult prognosis.
Most insurance plans allow you to visit an out-of-network doctor or hospital, but it is very likely to cost you more — possibly a lot more.
Hospitals using their patients’ health and financial records to help pitch their most lucrative services, such as cancer, heart and orthopedic care and buying detailed information about local residents compiled by marketing firms — everything from age, income and marital status to shopping habits and whether they have children or pets at home.
Investigate IVF clinics? Will there be a debate over Medicare’s future? Is Obama’s ruling on contraception an attack on religion? School-based health centers: a nonpartisan solution?
Incomplete and unclear prescriptions, which numbered in the hundreds during the months before the systems were installed, dropped to single digits at both hospitals, study finds.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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