MSN: ‘Was a Sham’: Black Nurse Framed for Patient’s Death After Complaining of Racism at Colorado Hospital. Her Payback Is Huge
A Black ICU nurse who claimed a Colorado hospital racially discriminated against her and then fired her for complaining, while wrongfully blaming her for an elderly patient’s death, was awarded $20 ...
‘Was a Sham’: Black Nurse Framed for Patient’s Death After Complaining of Racism at Colorado Hospital. Her Payback Is Huge
WXYZ: 'Disgusting.' Ex-patients' rights workers at Pontiac General upset hospital is still open
'Disgusting.' Ex-patients' rights workers at Pontiac General upset hospital is still open
ICE agents monitored a detained Salvadoran woman 24/7 in local hospitals, and pressured her to self-discharge against doctor’s orders. While detained patients have legal rights to private medical care ...
Orange County Register: OC Global hospital seeks court order to lift ban on receiving stroke patients by ambulance
Orange County Global Medical Center is seeking a court order that would overturn the county’s decision to stop first responders from taking stroke patients to the hospital following complaints of poor ...
OC Global hospital seeks court order to lift ban on receiving stroke patients by ambulance
Pensacola News Journal: Patients sue over 'degrading' photos taken by Jay Hospital staff, shared on social media
Three patients have filed lawsuits after they say Jay Hospital staff photographed them while they were asleep or medicated then allegedly posted the 'horrible' pictures on Snapchat One patient says ...
Patients sue over 'degrading' photos taken by Jay Hospital staff, shared on social media
Becker's Hospital Review: Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot
Physicians arrived at Heights Hospital in Houston Jan. 19 to find the locks had been changed and they had no way of entering the facility. Instead of turning patients away, some physicians tried to ...
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education. Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials.
For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
Waterford News & Star: Almost 2,800 complaints made about children's hospital services
CMS data reveals patient complaints against hospitals are rising sharply, illustrating oversight gaps and trust issues that demand CEO attention. Hospital leaders face a growing concern when it comes ...
(WXYZ) — For the last year, the 7 Investigators have been exposing allegations of civil rights abuses and other serious problems inside a local psychiatric hospital ...
Los Angeles Times: How an ICE hospital incident sparked alarm about the patient rights of immigrants
How an ICE hospital incident sparked alarm about the patient rights of immigrants
A hospital in Florida is turning to the courts for help removing a former patient, who has refused to leave a hospital room after being formally discharged five months ago, a lawsuit says. According ...
WFSB: Hospital files lawsuit, says patient refuses to leave after being discharged 5 months ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) — A Florida hospital is suing a patient for allegedly refusing to leave. In a complaint filed earlier this month, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) said the ...
Hospital files lawsuit, says patient refuses to leave after being discharged 5 months ago
CBS News: Senator Tammy Duckworth demands ICE to stop using Hines VA Hospital parking lot in letter to secretary
U.S. Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth has penned a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, opposing the use of Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital property as staging for immigration ...
Senator Tammy Duckworth demands ICE to stop using Hines VA Hospital parking lot in letter to secretary
Chicago Sun-Times: Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants ICE agents out of Hines VA Hospital parking lot
Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants ICE agents out of Hines VA Hospital parking lot
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Aurora St. Luke's hospital faces lawsuit over 2024 parking lot attack