A recent article titled, “Defensive medicine adds billions to annual U.S. healthcare costs,” talked about how hospital physicians estimate the cost of defensive medicine to be between 26% and 34% of total annual healthcare costs, according to a new report by Jackson Healthcare. The article, featured in a recent online edition of “Healthcare … [Read more...]
Defensive Medicine Driving Up Healthcare Costs
New Policies Aim to Ensure Optimal Patient Safety
“New policies are needed to prevent patients from undergoing elective procedures performed by hospital physicians who are fatigued,” as reported in “Physician’s Weekly.” “Unfortunately, there are no such regulations for fully trained physicians,” said Michael Nurok, MD, responding to The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s … [Read more...]
Ways for Hospital Physicians to Manage MRSA Infections
“Physician’s Weekly” recently reported that the predominant cause of skin infections among emergency room patients is MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) Infections. MRSA infections often lead to more serious, invasive infections, causing roughly 18,000 deaths annually. Such fatalities related to patient care can be avoided if … [Read more...]
Experts Express Conflicting Opinions on Medicare Cuts
A hospital representative commented that, “President Barack Obama's recommended Medicare and Medicaid cuts issued today to the congressional deficit reduction super-committee will reduce beneficiaries' access to care and eliminate at least 200,000 jobs over the coming decade," as reported in ModernHealthcare.com’s recently published article, … [Read more...]
Physicians Make Sacrifices to Treat Patients
One in five Americans is uninsured, according to Gallup. Furthermore, The American Medical Group Association says that “most medical groups are operating in the red. The way this dynamic plays out in physician practices varies depending on who you ask.” “FierceHealthcare” recently reported that in states in which the number of uninsured … [Read more...]