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It has been a wonderful year, right? Some will nod; others will not. It has been a mixed year for me. Relocating to Houston was good. We said goodbye to some clients and hello to others. Ebb and flow. We learned a lot, though. Take a look:
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One of the most confusing areas for outpatient surgery providers undergoing Medicare surveys is the history and physical (H&P), including update notes.
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Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, an associate professor of surgery and health policy at the Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, MD, is the author of the recently published book "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care."
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When you hear about foundations giving scholarships in the healthcare field, you normally think of hospitals.
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Beverly A. Kirchner, RN, BSN, CNOR, CASC, owner and president/CEO of Genesee Associates, in Dallas, has been name a winner of Same-Day Surgery' s Gold Star award as part of our 35th anniversary celebration.
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If a genetic test reveals a patient is at high risk for cancer, the ordering physician may think it's important for this information to be shared with others in the family, but the patient may think otherwise.
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Careful stewardship of scarce resources remains an ethical obligation of physicians, but avoiding harm to patients is a higher priority, argues Howard Brody, MD, PhD, John P. McGovern Centennial Chair in Family Medicine and director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
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Low-income patients are less likely to sue physicians than patients with higher incomes, according to an analysis of litigation rates and medical malpractice claims.
