In November of 2021, 14-year-old Alice Tapper, daughter of well-known journalist Jake Tapper, began experiencing severe abdominal pain, chills, and vomiting. At the direction of her pediatrician, she went to her local hospital for the treatment of likely appendicitis. The hospital physicians ruled out appendicitis (because her pain was throughout her entire abdomen not just
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“Prenatal care” is often associated with the medical care needed to promote the health of the unborn baby. Prenatal care often includes the pregnant person taking needed dietary supplements, attending regular doctor visits, and undergoing ultrasounds and other routine testing and evaluations to ensure the baby is developing and growing appropriately. What is equally as
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As an institution, the public rightfully expects a hospital to require its medical staff to provide good care to achieve the best possible outcome for its patients. The public also expects that when good care is not provided resulting in a bad patient outcome, the hospital takes accountability and takes appropriate action to minimize the
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Even though doctors are highly trained professionals, they are not always right. They can and do make the wrong diagnosis. While there is no definitive number as to how often doctors are wrong, what is definitive is that it occurs more frequently than it should. For instance, one study estimates just the outpatient diagnostic error
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You may be surprised at where you are actually going. You are in the hospital and told that you are being transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for further therapy and care before going home. You may envision a specialized, well-staffed facility? The truth, however, may surprise you. Your destination could well be a nursing
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Is Your Doctor Missing A Serious Health Issue? You have troubling symptoms, such as shortness of breath, chest pain, or heart palpitations, so you promptly and diligently make an appointment with your doctor. At the appointment, your doctor reassures you that “it’s just stress” and points to factors in your life to support their diagnosis.
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Making the decision of whether to trust your care or the care of a loved one to a nursing home can be overwhelming. What lies beyond the nice furnishings in the reception area and smiling administrators? How can you know the true quality of care and attention?
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When hospitalized, you are perhaps at your most vulnerable and rightfully expect attentive and expert care. But is your care impacted when the nurse caring for you is also caring for ten (or more) other patients? Or if your nurse is working long shifts with few to no breaks? The answers are yes.
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Where are the Staff? If you have been researching nursing homes, chances are you’ve collected a stack of nicely laid out brochures featuring heartwarming photos of caring staff interacting with well-cared-for residents. But what is the reality behind that sunny promise? Perhaps not what you would expect. For decades, medical experts have been sounding the
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Women Outpace Men in Deaths from Heart Attacks Despite popular belief, heart disease is not a male-dominated condition. To the contrary, it is the leading cause of death for women worldwide, accounting for about 20% of all female deaths in the United States. Similarly, women are more likely than men to die of a heart
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