Are your medical records accurate? Probably not! Unfortunately, your health records likely include mistakes about some aspect of your health and/or your medical and family history. Whether your doctors use Electronic Health Records (EHRs) or paper records, the risk for mistakes is real. Certainly, accurate medical records are essential for receiving the best healthcare possible. […]
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Do Doctors Make House Calls? Yes! The How, When and Why.
Do doctors make house calls? It might be hard to imagine, but before the 1960s, doctors often visited their patients at home, making house calls for regular check-ups and for illnesses or injuries. Yes, they came to your home when you felt sick. What a luxury to have to have a doctor make a house […]
Balancing Work and Caregiving
Individuals diagnosed with serious medical conditions often experience employment challenges while working through treatment, taking time off work, or returning to work. But caregivers may face similar challenges. These include potential workplace discrimination because of the difficulty of balancing work and caregiving responsibilities. Caregivers who take extended periods of time off from work can also […]
How to Improve Your Surgical Outcome
Surgery is scary for everyone. There is always the risk that something serious could go wrong, resulting in serious harm or death. That being said, surgery is a necessary, often life-saving, procedure. The good news is that you can improve your surgical outcome by doing some homework before you schedule your procedure. Unfortunately, the risk […]
How Do You Get C. Diff Infections?
Many of us think of hospitals as sterile places, kept immaculately clean, free of germs. And certainly, no one goes into the hospital expecting to get even sicker from a bacterial infection. However, hospitals are not kept as clean as they should be, exposing patients to dangerous germs. One such germ, Clostridium difficile (often referred […]