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Were You Told There Was Not Enough Evidence to Pursue Your Healthcare Case?
Read more: Were You Told There Was Not Enough Evidence to Pursue Your Healthcare Case?Were you told that it might cost more to pursue your case than the case may be worth? Did an attorney decline to represent you, but you still have questions about what happened during your healthcare experience? Not everything requires an attorney. But everything requires an understanding. Even when legal representation is not available, you…
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Case Watch: Texas law should not mean waiting until she is near death. The Lynn Callaway Case. Getting A Understanding.
Read more: Case Watch: Texas law should not mean waiting until she is near death. The Lynn Callaway Case. Getting A Understanding.A woman arriving at an emergency department with heavy bleeding, significant pain, chills, weakness, dizziness, fainting, fever, or other pregnancy-related distress should first receive an appropriate emergency evaluation to determine what is happening and whether she has an emergency medical condition. Bleeding and pain can reflect a miscarriage, but they can also signal an ectopic pregnancy, serious…
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Patient Safety Starts With Understanding
Read more: Patient Safety Starts With UnderstandingKnow Your Diagnosis. Know Your Provider. Ask Better Questions. When people think about patient safety, they often think about hospitals, doctors, medications, procedures, and medical errors. But patient safety also starts with something very simple: Understanding. Understanding your diagnosis.Understanding your treatment plan.Understanding who your provider is.Understanding what questions to ask.Understanding what should happen next.Understanding when…
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National Women’s Health Month
Read more: National Women’s Health MonthPatient Safety Doesn’t End at Discharge: Why Awareness, Follow-Up, and Advocacy Matter More Than Ever By Joydrop Baby & Wellness Every year during National Women’s Health Month, we talk about prevention, screenings, nutrition, and access to care and all of those conversations matter. But there’s another conversation we urgently need to have: What happens after…
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The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business Expense
Read more: The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business ExpenseIn our community, your zip code should not determine your life expectancy. But as a Victim Advocate and Systems Safety Architect, I see a different reality. We are currently facing a crisis where the “closets” of our healthcare systems and industrial sectors are filled with skeletons that only come to light when it’s too late.…
