What every patient should know - 5 Steps to Safer Healthcare
May 04, 2010
The US Department of Health and Human Service's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a list of 5 steps it believes patients can take to help lead to a safer healthcare experience. T...
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What does the FDA Recall of Colleague Infusion Pumps mean for the Consumer?
May 04, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare
Corp. on April 30 ordering the company to
recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps
(Colleague pumps)...
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Texas EMTALA case against Government Hospital - Is Notice Required?
May 03, 2010
This discussion is not intended to give legal advice. Please consult a lawyer of your own choosing to advise you on such matters. This guide is simply intended to alert the reader to potential issues a...
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What Every Patient Should Know - Choosing a Nursing Home
May 03, 2010
This is one part of a series of guides related to patient education associated with choosing a healthcare facility.
One resource when choosing a nursing home is called Nursing
Home Compare. The tool i...
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What every hospital patient should know - Joint Commission
May 03, 2010
This is one part of a series of guides related to patient education in hospital selection. One source of information for patient education is the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organiz...
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What every patient should know - Asking the Right Questions
May 03, 2010
This is one of a series of guides related to issues of patient safety. This one is intended to suggest some of many questions the patient might ask prior to selecting a hospital.
Choosing a Hospital Wo...
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What every patient should know - Hospital Compare
May 03, 2010
This is one of a series of guides related to patient education. This one is to encourage patients to reasearch their hospital choices prior to selecting one for their medical treatment.
The Federal Gov...
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What every hospital patient should know - Process of Care Measures
May 03, 2010
This is one of a series of guides published for the purpose of patient education. This one concerns Process of Care Measures by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
What are the Hospital Pro...
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The Problem of Hospital Secrecy - What the Patient Should Know but Will Never Find out.
May 03, 2010
In every state in the United States, laws have been created that cloak the internal hospital processes in secrecy. This is typically referred to as the "Peer Review Privilege" or the "Hospital Committe...
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Texas Ch. 74 Expert Report Rules - Must the Report Prove the Case?
May 03, 2010
One of the most insidious issues created by the Texas Legislature in the 2003 "Tort Reform" has been the requirement that the patient file an expert report within 120 days of filing the lawsuit. This s...
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