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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 that people [...]
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 investigated [...]
Patients must use the Internet as a major source of health information
The pace of office medical care today is frantic. Studies show that, on average, a patient talks for less than 30 seconds before the doctor interrupts him. Doctors don’t usually have the time to tell you everything you should know about your illness.
Realize that doctors have busy schedules and aren’t always up on the latest, [...]
Patients must organize their health information themselves
If you don’t take the initiative to organize your information, then no one else will.
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