A recent survey found that many patient care facilities, including physicians’ offices and hospitals, across the nation, are experiencing lack of, and even worse, completely depleted supplies of prescription drugs, making it difficult for doctors to treat patients. The American Hospital Association conducted the survey and The Wall Street … [Read more...]
Drug Shortages Becoming Rising Problem
Healthcare Reform a Factor in Increasing Percentage of Physician Shortages
With a lack of advanced medical professionals, the United States will not meet the goals of the healthcare reform. “Currently America faces serious shortages in the combined workforce of physician service providers, advance practice nurses, and physician assistants over the next couple of decades,” according to a study that reported data … [Read more...]
An Alarming New Stimulant, Legal in Many States
By ABBY GOODNOUGH and KATIE ZEZIMA Published: July 16, 2011 Doctors say the new drug that people call “bath salts” has unusually dangerous and long-lasting effects. Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing this spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa. people arriving so agitated, violent … [Read more...]
GOP Bill Would Create Health Care Tribunals
Washington -- New House legislation aims to curb the overuse of health care by establishing clinical best practices for physician services and creating health care tribunals to hear medical liability cases. "The practice of defensive medicine adds billions of dollars of unnecessary costs to our health care system and diverts doctors' focus away … [Read more...]
Duct Tape: One Hospital’s Solution for Successful Time Management
Physicians, who work with infectious disease, are well aware that relatively small tasks, such as assisting patients to the restroom, can be anything but simple. In efforts to provide the safest patient care possible for people inflicted with infectious diseases, healthcare staff are required more involved measures, before entering rooms. Extra … [Read more...]