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Dr. Prudence Hall has made a name for herselfÌęin the field of âbioidentical hormonesâ â plant-based compounds purportedly customized for each patientâs needs. Experts say the popular approach is unproven; California regulators say she was grossly negligent in her care of two patients.
No one tracks sepsis cases closely enough to know how often these severe infections turn fatal. But the toll â both human and financial â is enormous, finds an investigation by KHN and the Chicago Tribune.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
A Kaiser Health News and USA Today Network investigation finds that a hodgepodge of state rules governing outpatient centers allow some deaths and serious injuries to go unexamined. And no rule stops a doctor exiled by a hospital for misconduct from opening a surgery center down the street.
A new government watchdog report outlines vulnerabilities in Medicare's $17 billion hospice program, pointing to inadequate services, inappropriate billing and outright fraud.
After a USA Today Network-Kaiser Health News investigation, Medicare announced last week that it is re-evaluating whether these procedures âpose a significant safety riskâ to patients.
Low staffing is a root cause of many injuries in nursing homes. Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau explains how he connected the dots between manpower and risk at facilities nationwide, using a federal tool known as the Payroll-Based Journal.
Medicare said those homes either lacked a registered nurse for âa high number of daysâ over three months, provided data the government couldnât verify or didnât supply their payroll data at all.
Millions of Americans undergo procedures each year requiring medical scopes, but thereâs growing concern about the risk of infection from dirty devices. Be prepared to ask questions â and bail if youâre not satisfied with the answers.
End-of-life documents express your preferences for care but may not be binding medical orders. Hereâs how to better prepare for the unexpected â that your last wishes wonât be carried out.
One in 5 Medicare patients who leave the hospital for a nursing home end up back in the hospital. To discourage this, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon give bonuses and penalties to facilities based on their rehospitalization rates.
Use this tool to see how skilled nursing homes in the U.S. performed on two metrics of quality.
The âscaryâ findings show a discouraging lack of progress in cleaning the devices, despite more vigorous efforts in the wake of deadly superbug outbreaks, experts say.
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
California and federal officials have cracked down on a major compounding pharmacy they say posed a threat to public safety, but their actions are worsening shortages of medications that doctors rely on to keep their patients out of pain.
Memory problems and trouble multitasking are among the symptoms of POCD, a little-known condition that affects a substantial number of older adults after surgery.
In some cases, information now available to people without talking to a doctor can be a source of confusion and alarm and the cause of more work for doctors because it comes without adequate guidance.
A nationwide shortage of injectable opioid painkillers has left hospitals scrambling to find alternatives â in some cases leading to dosage mistakes that may harm patients.
State says its new site is easier to navigate, though it remains a work in progress. Advocates for nursing home patients call it âa huge step in the wrong directionâ that could endanger peopleâs lives.
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An investigation by Kaiser Health News and the USA TODAY Network discovers that more than 260 patients have died since 2013 after in-and-out procedures at surgery centers across the country. More than a dozen â some as young as 2 â have perished after routine operations, such as colonoscopies and tonsillectomies.
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