Report: Patient abuse goes unreported, undisciplined
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management
Employees who abused developmentally disabled patients in state-run group homes faced few consequences. In most cases they were simply transferred to other facilities. Read more
The waiting room wars: Patients strike back
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management, Special Report
Patients hate the sometimes interminable wait to see the doctor. And now they’re looking for ways to punish tardy docs. It sounds fair — but is it really? Read more
Why are some docs now referring patients to lawyers?
Filed under: Communication, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management
Just how comprehensive should health care be? New programs that marry medical care and legal aid are changing how the two disciplines interact. Read more
Feds not friendly toward pot research
Filed under: Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Whether or not you’re in favor of wider legalization of medical marijuana, few would argue against more research into potential medical uses for derivatives of the plant. But the feds won’t allow it. Read more
Drug prices rising even more sharply
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Reform News, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Prices for brand name prescriptions are increasing 9% on average this year — hot on the heels of industry promises to help slash prescription costs by $8 billion. Read more
Vote & Vaccine: Key to preventing the next epidemic?
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Avoiding the next epidemic could be as simple as vaccinating people at their polling places. Read more
Special Report
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse
Reducing costs is at the top of all health executives’ minds — more so now than ever before since hospitals are facing a possible 1% Medicare pay cut for high readmission rates starting in October. So where do you begin?
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse