You know you’re taking a risk if you’re skydiving or bull riding. But did you know there are serious risks associated with many medical devices? Maybe your diabetes leads to a recommendation for an insulin pump. Or perhaps years of constant hip pain led you to a surgeon’s office to discuss a hip replacement. Or […]
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What’s Your Hospital’s Safety Record? Is Your Hospital Safe?
We go to the hospital to seek care and treatment. Certainly, most fully expect to heal and come home better than when we went in. And no one expects to get sicker while in the hospital, but it happens. While all hospitals have policies and procedures in place to reduce a patient’s risk of harm […]
Are Antibiotics Helpful or Harmful? What You Need to Know.
Antibiotics are the go-to treatment for many types of infections. Doctors prescribe them, and/or patients demand them, for a wide variety of ailments. But are antibiotics helpful or harmful? That’s not an easy question to answer because antibiotics are helpful, but they also cause harm. Certainly, they help many patients overcome infections. But sometimes antibiotics […]
Can You Get Paid As A Family Caregiver?
Taking care of a parent, spouse, child or other loved one who can’t care for themselves is a rewarding, albeit sometimes stressful job. It’s wonderful know he/she is receiving safe, loving care. However, due to the demands of the role, many family caregivers reduce their work hours or stop working altogether. And many spend their […]
Medication Errors in Hospitals – How Can You Protect Yourself?
Clearly, no one wants to get sicker while they are in the hospital. And certainly, no one wants to take a medication that could harm them. It would be easy to assume that your nurse is giving you the right medication at the right time, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Medication errors […]