Monthly Archives: September, 2009
Tape-recording a doctor’s visit is being promoted at a major medical center
Earlier this year, the Oliver Center for Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, started a patient-empowerment and patient-centered project to encourage patients to tape-record their doctor’s advice during office visits. This makes sense from so many perspectives—scientific as well as humane. We have no doubt scientifically [...]
H1N1 Flu, Truth vs. Hyperbole, and 24-Hour TV News Stations
How we get the news that we need to know about disease and healthcare has changed a lot in recent years, and in some ways, not for the better. If we listen to 24-hour TV news stations for our news on the H1N1 flu, the facts we hear can get so twisted and misshapen that [...]
Hearst Corporation first to bring major media attention to widespread unsafe healthcare
What if U.S. citizens suddenly found out a new medical fact that, if they paid heed to it, could dramatically protect the lives of themselves and their loved ones? In a bold move that could make a significant impact on the quality and length of Americans’ lives, a team of journalists at Hearst Newspapers have [...]
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