Hospitals are usually eager to embrace the latest medical technology, but the road to deploying tablet computers has been bumpy.
Periodically Washington State Department of Health issues an update on disciplinary actions taken against health care providers in Washington state, including suspensions and revocations of licenses, certifications, or registrations of health care providers in our state.
Since October at least 25 hospitals have signed on for multi-year consulting agreements to learn about customer service from Disney.
Report says nurses should take on a larger and more independent role in providing health care in America, something many doctors oppose, citing safety concerns.
Increasingly, when the doctor isn’t in to deliver primary care, it’s a nurse practitioner or physician assistant that’s taking the doctor’s place.
But some doctors argue say nurse practitioners are unqualified to provide primary care without supervision.
Nurses are left out of the health reform debate, but It is nurses who provide most of the skilled care in hospitals–the only care in many poor communities, writes Sandy Summers, director of The Truth About Nursing and co-author of Saving LIves: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk.
“Nursing, even in hard times, was thought to be recession-proof.” By Chris Linden and Melissa Suran, Medill News Service It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. Nursing student Barbara Lopez had been told for a long time that she would have an easy time finding a job. But it took her five months—starting before she [...]
Allow Seattle Children’s to expand, says Seattle Times The Seattle City Council should reverse ruling of a hearing examiner who has rejected Seattle Children’s expansion plans, says Seattle Times argues in an editorial today’s paper. The hearing examiner found that hospital’s planned expansion, which would add 1.5 million square feet of space on its Lauralhurst campus, [...]
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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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