Denial of Care
By Jane Arnoff Logsdon, MSSA, LSW I consider myself a pretty savvy and resourceful consumer. I know how to solve problems that come up in the...
23 February, 2015
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New Fellowship Aims to Improve Value and Implement Change
By Cynthia (Daisy) Smith, MD, FACP Physician and patient organizations alike have increasingly emphasized the importance of improving value in health care and reducing unnecessary...
16 February, 2015
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Dust Mites and Pillow Case Covers
By Jennifer Menjivar I grew up most of my life avoiding doctors and hospital visits. I never fancied getting shots or blood draws as a...
09 February, 2015
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Building the Will for Change
By Jordan Harmon When patients come through the front doors of a hospital, they are inevitably greeted by compassionate clinicians and staff. Why then...
02 February, 2015
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Spend Less. Live Better.
By Diane Scheb RN, MSN Spend less. Live better. Except, she didn’t have that long to live. Maybe 10 days. . . probably not. Thirty-three years...
26 January, 2015
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Give Lungs a Chance
By Danielle Moriates, RN When babies are born prematurely, they often lack surfactant – a soapy substance produced in the lungs that helps to...
19 January, 2015
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Not as Simple as We Think
By Kristin Morin, MSN RN I wish lowering healthcare costs was as easy as “cost awareness”, but as one patient put it, “I never...
12 January, 2015
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A Second-Rate Life
By Kunal Arya Last year, I underwent a colectomy, a surgery that removed my entire colon. Afterwards, I had to wear a temporary waste-collecting pouch...
05 January, 2015
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Because I Can
By Christen McCurdy Sometime while I was still in high school, my mom began to have trouble breathing. She had never had asthma before;...
29 December, 2014
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