The Cost of Miscommunication between Patient and Doctor
By Kelley Cosgrove A few years ago, as I prepared for neurosurgery, a nurse who worked there told me, “Spend as little time in the hospital as possible, because the
By Kelley Cosgrove A few years ago, as I prepared for neurosurgery, a nurse who worked there told me, “Spend as little time in the hospital as possible, because the
By Ali Khoshnevi, MD My brother and I, both optometrists, had a heart-to-heart discussion about the loss of one of our patients. We discovered he was not taking his medications as prescribed,
By Christi Lucus, RN, BSN It was July 2012 and I was pregnant with my third child. As an experienced mother and labor and delivery nurse, I felt very comfortable at 29
By Megan Sanders-Sneller There are several different scenarios that I can think of in the past four years of pharmacy school that exhibit the high cost of prescription health care. Prescription medications
By Anonymous, MD I remember being a New York City public school teacher, prior to medical school, and buying my own supplies for my classroom. I did not realize I would
By Ann Robinow Attempting to alter the health care marketplace so provider decisions are based on patient value has shaped my career for the last 20 years. Often use of the