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New research shows that cancer patients who engage in one hour of art therapy show immediate improvement in eight of nine symptoms, with the greatest improvement noted in anxiety and tiredness.
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Medicare recipients who have a complaint about their quality of care have a means of reporting their complaints...
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The JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goal requiring all medications to be labeled sounds simple enough, but it's proving to be difficult for many organizations.
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Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, have found that alternative medicine is just as popular in rural areas as in urban ones.
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Hospice staff must provide spend a significant amount of time educating patients and caregivers, but the dilemma is how to do it efficiently and effectively.
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One of the biggest problems for rural hospices is that payments and regulations are calibrated toward urban hospices, and they largely overlook the challenges rural and small hospices face, a rural hospice expert says.
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Many providers and case managers remain concerned about low rates paid for services by managed care organizations (MCOs) and the effect of these rates on the quality of care rendered by providers.
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The Bush administration's projections of the potential impact of an avian flu pandemic expose the enormity of the ethical issues that come with any plan for rationing and distributing vaccine.
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The link between patients' spirituality and their response to medical treatment is gaining more attention, and according to a recent study, more than nine out of 10 doctors surveyed believe it is appropriate to discuss spiritual or religious issues when a patient brings them up.
