As anyone who has been a patient or a visitor at a hospital knows, they’re often confusing, chaotic places.
By the time you learn the routines and the rules, with any luck you’re recovered and on your way out the door.
Elizabeth Bailey’s father wasn’t that fortunate . . .
Hospitals are usually eager to embrace the latest medical technology, but the road to deploying tablet computers has been bumpy.
Patients want to be partners with their doctors in determining the course of their care. But for many conditions, there are no good guideposts.
In the United States, traditional Western medicine is the dominant form of care. But in Seattle many people favor alternative approaches. What do different approaches to wellness have to offer?
If hospitals want to reach patients, they have to go where the patients are–online, where patients are posting to Facebook, chatting with each other through Twitter, and sounding off on Yelp!, experts tell Seattle conference.
“When I got home, I realized that I didn’t know a multivitamin from an immunosuppressant.” -Greg Duggins, transplant patient.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set up an online list of peanut butter-containing products that have been recalled because of concerns they may be contaminated with the bacterium Salmonella. The list is searchable by brand name (such as “Keebler”), by description (such as “Crackers with Peanut Butter), by Universal Product Code (UPC), the [...]
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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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