December 29, 2017
NPR and ProPublica teamed up for a six-month long investigation on maternal mortality in the U.S.. The resulting series of articles titled “Lost Mothers: maternal mortality in the U.S.” revealed shocking results including the fact that more American women are dying of pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country. Read More
December 22, 2017
In 2002, the VA issued national guidelines allowing VA hospitals to hire doctors who had revoked medical licenses as long as the individual still had a valid license in at least once state. This policy was in direct conflict with a federal law prohibiting the VA from employing any doctor Read More
November 20, 2017
As reported in Stripes last week, Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans service organizations will be working on the final details of a plan that will not only replace the much-maligned Veterans Choice program but reportedly allow the VA to modernize large parts of its health care system. Read More
November 12, 2017
Want to lower your risk of complications after heart surgery? It may be a simple as asking your surgeon to schedule the procedure for the afternoon rather than the morning. A new study reported in the New York Times this month, showed that on almost every measure- heart attack during Read More
October 24, 2017
Pre-eclampsia can have effects long after pregnancy making affected women up to eight times more likely to suffer heart disease. The American Heart Association now recommends women who have had pre-eclampsia be evaluated for heart disease within a year of giving birth. According to one expert, doctors can see heart Read More
October 17, 2017
Pregnant service members used to be able to request discharges from the military and automatically get it but pregnancy discharge rules have changed. To read more: https://www.thebalance.com/military-pregnancy-discharge-3356965 If you are an active duty soldier whose baby was injured due to medical malpractice at any military hospital during pregnancy or childbirth, you Read More
July 11, 2017
If you are pregnant and your baby’s father is deployed, be careful: a study, published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that expectant military wives left behind when their husbands are fighting overseas are three times more likely to experience premature birth or postpartum depression. Make sure your doctor or mid-wife knows your husband is Read More
June 11, 2017
ASK YOUR DOCTOR QUESTIONS TO HELP PREVENT MEDICAL MISTAKES Too often patients blindly follow their doctor’s orders and recommendations even when they have concerns about the proposed surgery or treatment plan. Too often patients feel too scared or intimidated to ask questions of their doctors, even when facing high-stakes, life-altering Read More
May 18, 2017
Surgery checklists save lives, a study released in April 2017 found. An article in the Washington Post explained: “Safety checklists are not a piece of paper that somehow magically protect patients, but rather they are a tool to help change practice, to foster a specific type of behavior in communication, to Read More
May 14, 2017
Myth 4: Physicians Move in Large Numbers to States That Adopt Damages Caps If physicians relocate because of liability risk, damages caps are an obvious strategy for attracting more physicians, particularly in lawsuit-prone specialties. Reform advocates have argued that damages caps have exactly this effect. Various researchers have studied the Read More
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