Doctors at the University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center are being encouraged to admit medical mistakes and apologize to their patients, so states an article by Judith Graham, published in this week’s Chicago Tribune. Good! And I can’t state that strongly enough. I’ll add, it’s about time, so what took so long, and one down […]
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Fabulous article for patients today! From one of my empowered patient gurus, Dr. Jerome Groopman, and CNN. Read it and act if necessary! http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/16/ep.fire.your.doc/index.html ……………… Want more tools and commentary for sharp patients? Sign up for Every Patient’s Advocate once-a-week or so email tips Or link here to empower yourself at EveryPatientsAdvocate.com ………………
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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
Medicare Twists Hospital Safety Arms Read More »
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 got a really lousy cold. You know, the kind that fills your head like a water balloon, makes your throat feel like someone has raked long finger nails down your esophagus and each time you cough, your entire body hurts. Yeah, the “common” cold. It started Saturday with the general malaise, intermittent cough, slight
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Some very positive steps are being taken in one Pittsburgh hospital, notable because they were taken on the intiative of the hospital and not because a gun was being held to the head of the decision-makers. This article from the NY Times makes me stand up to cheer. It tells about the efforts of the
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