The Horrible Condition of Assisted Living Facilities Across America
An examination of the multibillion-dollar industry reveals a mishmash of minimal state regulation and no involvement by federal officials.
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As Catholic Hospitals Grow Will Women and Gays Be Left Without Care?
In Washington state, where alliances and mergers between hospitals are taking place at a rapid clip, many are bracing for limits on care, and calling for public debate.
Hospital Ratings Fatigue, Part II: Reporting on the Report Cards
As top ranking groups get grades, the nation’s foremost accrediting commission nearly doubles the number of hospitals named “top performers.” What’s it all mean?
Hospital Ratings Fatigue, Part I: Should Hospital Ratings Be Embraced or Despised?
Can patients trust the many websites that rate hospitals? Charles Ornstein talks to health-care reporters and editors to find out.
Missouri Execution Could Kill Americans’ Access to Key Anesthetic
Pharmaceutical companies in the European Union are blocking off-label drugs for executions.
Why Isn’t the $13 Test That Saved My Baby’s Life Required for Every Newborn?
Dozens of babies die every year because hospitals do not perform a simple test that detects congenital heart defects. Seventeen states have yet to require the exam for newborns.
How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?
An updated estimate says it could be at least 210,000 patients a year—more than twice the number in the Institute of Medicine’s frequently quoted report, “To Err is Human.”
Treating Mental Illness Prevents Crime and Saves Us Money
Giving psychiatric help to people who need it isn’t just the right thing for a society to do, it’s the most cost-effective thing, too.
Where Have All the Doctors Gone?
Communities with more primary care doctors enjoy better health, yet those physicians are a dying breed. Here is what some schools are doing to combat the looming shortage.
Placebo Effect Stronger Than We Thought?
Double-blind trials have long been considered the gold standard to determine drugs’ effectiveness. Do we need to rethink that assumption, given the power of the placebo effect?