How Safe Is Your Hospital?
How Safe Is Your Hospital?
Wouldn’t you want to know just how safe your hospital is before you’re admitted for a procedure? How about if I told you that preventable medical errors were responsible for […]
Lack Of Minority Med Students Will Hurt Underserved Groups
As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. […]
We Need To Replace “Medicalese” With Plain Language
Miscommunication between patients and healthcare providers can hurt you. An elderly woman sent home from the hospital develops a life-threatening infection because she doesn’t understand the warning signs listed in […]
Let’s Stop Wasting Medicare Dollars
I think it’s clear to all of us that if you’re under 55 you won’t have your father’s Medicare when you turn 65. Medicare is growing at such an astronomical […]
The Trouble With Haiti’s Refugee Camps, Over A Year Later
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — On a hot and dry Sunday morning, fifty people gathered inside a weathered tarp to pray. A priest led them to stand, and they sung religious chants […]
Latinas May Suffer Under New Mammography Rules
Latinas — who are already less likely to receive treatment for breast cancer — may suffer even more under new mammography guidelines released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. A […]
Latinos Need Health Care Reform, Spanish Speaking Providers
Latinos not only need health care reform, but Spanish speaking health care professionals, writes Matthew Stieglitz in an excellent post from Latino Politics Blog. Stieglitz’s abuelita broke her hip during […]
Stereotypes: Latinas Tested For Chlamydia More Than Whites
From the “there’s no such thing as racism why do you have to make everything about race” school of thought, a report that Latinas and African-American women are much more […]
