In the last decade, specifically in the last five to six years, we have seen the gradual disempowerment of America’s physicians as well as their unfortunate patients. Starting with health management organizations, managed care, all the way to the insurance exchange, doctoring has been forcefully wrestled away from physicians only to be placed into the… Read More »
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A woman’s life was turned “upside-down” when major surgery was cancelled four times by a hospital suffering from extreme pressures. Katie Flack had already been prepared for surgery when the Royal Cornwall Hospital cancelled her hysterectomy. The hospital declared the highest alert – Opel 4 – on more than 130 days in a 12-month period.… Read More »
Cedar View Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a skilled nursing facility in Methuen, Massachusetts, operated by Marquis Health Services, was reviewing hospital discharge summaries and relied on a patient’s or family’s memories to piece together a patient’s encounter history. THE PROBLEM Sometimes the provider organization also received input from a hospital’s external case manager, but consistently… Read More »