By CHARLES ORNSTEIN and KATIE THOMAS AUG. 6, 2017 This article was written through collaboration between The New York Times and ProPublica, the independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization. It’s standard advice for consumers: If you are prescribed a medicine, always ask [...]
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica | Aug 3, 2017 2:49pm This article was originally published by ProPublica. Federal health officials have backed down from a controversial proposal that would have required private accreditors to publicly release reports about errors, mishaps and mix-ups [...]
More than 100 illnesses in outbreak tied to Mexican fruit by MedPage Today Staff August 04, 2017 One death has been identified and more than 100 people in 16 states have been sickened by Salmonella linked to consumption of Maradol papayas [...]
Five common mistakes to avoid by Suneel Dhand MD, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today August 03, 2017 Being a doctor is about as much of a social job as one can get. Even though computers and healthcare information technology mean that physicians [...]
Hospitals did better by focusing care on getting patients well enough to go home by Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media July 30, 2017 New research on the cost-effectiveness of inpatient care at hospitals compared to skilled nursing facility (SNF) found that hospitals [...]
Sarah Knapton, SCIENCE EDITOR - THE TELEGRAPH 27 July 2017 • 11:26am Doctors must stop telling patients to finish an entire course of antibiotics because it is driving antimicrobial resistance, a group of eminent specialists has warned. Patients should be encouraged [...]
Second-guessing patients, emergency workers by Jesse Pines, MD July 26, 2017 In May 2017, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Georgia announced it will no longer cover "unnecessary" emergency department (ED) care, starting July 1. According to BCBS Georgia President Jeff [...]
CNBC 7/26/17 Amazon (AMZN) has started a secret skunkworks lab dedicated to opportunities in health care, including new areas such as electronic medical records and telemedicine. Amazon has dubbed this stealth team 1492, which appears to be a reference to the [...]
by Joanne Finnegan |FierceHealth Jul 19, 2017 12:13pm While stethoscopes can transmit the same germs as unclean hands, none of the doctors in a recent study bothered to clean them between patients. And that was the case even after an educational [...]
Largest cohort study to examine risk by antibiotic class and type by Molly Walker, Staff Writer, MedPage Today July 19, 2017 Action Points • Several common types of antibiotics were linked both to major congenital and to organ specific malformations in infants [...]