Texas man dies in hospital of NSTEMI heart attack, cardiac cath scheduled for next day
Nursing staff didn't keep cardiologist in the loop of patient's downturn
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Patient safety
The little-known time period in emergency rooms that's particularly risky for some patients
Transitions in care provide opportunities to drop the ball
Are hospital and nursing home bedsores and pressure injuries avoidable?
Experts contend that the best treatment is prevention
When you should consider getting a medical or surgical second opinion
High-pressure tactics should raise a red flag
When nurses override medication warnings, it places patients at a higher risk
Hospital pharmacies are responsible for clearing medication orders
Patient dies from nursing home fall despite documented high risk
Physician and nursing care should be patient-led rather than clicking boxes on a screen
How patients can overcome healthcare bias
Like everyone else, physicians, nurses, and other providers can be misguided by implicit biases
Man in 30s sent home from ER by nurse practitioner, dies of pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism blocks a blood vessel to one or both lungs
Texas health care informed consent is more than a rubber stamp process
Informed consent is a physician responsibility
Woman in her 20s has stroke, brain injury after chiropractic neck manipulation
Study finds 1 in 20,000 neck manipulations by chiropractors causes vertebral artery aneurysm or dissection