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Clinical Care
That ‘Living Will’ You Signed? At The ER, It Could Be Open To Interpretation
"Don’t resuscitate this patient; he has a living will," the nurse told Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, handing her a document.
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Clinical Care
Opinions divided at AMA on prostate cancer screening
Prostate cancer screening for asymptomatic men was the subject of controversy as members of the American Medical Association (AMA) wound up their annual House of Delegates meeting Wednesday.
Strategy
Patients Wait in Limbo as St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program Reviews Its Problems
Earlier this month, when Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston announced it was temporarily suspending its renowned heart transplant program, it threw the care of dozens of patients into...
Finance
Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients
“Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell to the floor. She landed on her right side where her hip had recently been replaced. She cried out...
Clinical Care
'Time's Up': Covered California Takes Aim At Hospital C-Section Rates
Hospitals are expected to perform fewer unnecessary cesarean sections, prescribe fewer opioids, and cut back on the use of imaging to diagnose and treat back pain.
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Clinical Care
As Wait for New Heart Got Longer, Patient Grew Sicker
Baylor St. Luke's in Houston was known for handling complex heart transplants. But when Travis Hogan was a patient there, he didn't know that the program was undergoing a series of dramatic changes...
Clinical Care
Lack Of Insurance Exposes Blind Spots In Vision Care
As many as 16 million people in the United States have undiagnosed or uncorrected 'refractive' errors that could be fixed with eyeglasses, contact lenses, or surgery.
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Clinical Care
Weak Oversight Blamed For Poor Care At California Nursing Homes Going Unchecked
Federal inspection reports show that infection control is routinely ignored. At the same time, the Trump administration has scaled back penalties.
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Strategy
A Big Medical Tourism Boom? Actually, Not So Much
The industry has worked out as its supporters expected.
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Clinical Care
Tax-Funded Mental Health Programs Not Always Easy To Find
Until there's a central information source, consumers will have to use their research skills, plus a little telephone work.
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Clinical Care
Hospitals Lure Diabetes Patients With Self-Care Courses, But Costs Can Weigh Heavily
The classes, targeting a disease that affects 30 million Americans, have become a revenue generator for hospitals and an opportunity for marketing and branding.
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Strategy
Nation's Top Doc Wants The Overdose Antidote Widely On Hand. Is That Feasible?
Others cautioned that this recommendation is, at best, limited in what it can achieve, in part because the drug is relatively expensive.
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