Two incidents in the past two days will make your hair stand on end. Both regard medical errors, and both involve the fear of making them public because of possible retaliation. A newspaper health reporter contacted me. He’s writing a story about MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections and asked if I knew of anyone he […]
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I’m not sure whether to stand up and applaud — or to begin worrying even more about patients who are hospitalized…. This report just in from Consumers Union, the not-for-profit organization that runs www.stophospitalinfections.org … here is their press release, too…. Beginning in October 2008, Medicare (CMS: Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services) will no
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Two pieces of information have caught my eye in the past 24 hours. The AP released a report, based on CDC (Centers for Disease Control) statistics, saying that the US is now ranked 42nd in the world in life expectency. In other words, the citizens of 41 other countries live longer than Americans do. The
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This is one of those post ideas that just lands in my lap and begs to be written. I attended a presentation this week, and the woman sitting next to me began her tale of healthcare frustration — just as almost anyone who has sat next to me at a presentation, and learns what I
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Hmmm…. you’re wondering…. what on earth is SPTCL? It’s the cancer that was supposed to kill me. It stands for Subcutaneous Panniculitis-like T-Cell Lymphoma. And when I was diagnosed with it in the summer of 2004, everything I read told me it was very rare, highly aggressive, and even with chemo, my life would not
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I heard a conversation on the radio this morning, with commentary to share with you. Joe Galuski, the morning host on WSYR Radio (Clear Channel) in Syracuse, NY engaged the weather guru, Pat Pagano, in a conversation about long term climate changes, global warming and those issues that surround them. Pat kind of poo pooed
Of Chicken Little and Life Insurance Read More »
I’ve only lived in this health and medical environment for not-quite-three years, and I am always in search of opportunities to learn more. I attend workshops, interview doctors and other providers, network with others who do advocacy work, talk to other patients, read, read, read, and mostly just listen. As each day passes by, I
The Concept of “Patientude” Read More »
I’ve only lived in this health and medical environment for not-quite-three years, and I am always in search of opportunities to learn more. I attend workshops, interview doctors and other providers, network with others who do advocacy work, talk to other patients, read, read, read, and mostly just listen. As each day passes by, I
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