It’s Patient Safety Awareness Week!
A study by Johns Hopkins Medicine estimates that up to 440,000 patient fatalities, and millions of injuries every year are the cause of preventable medical errors. Between medication mixups, poor...
Is Your Child Taking Too Many Antibiotics?
Health experts fear that American children may be taking too many antibiotics. According to a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, among the 1 in 3 pediatric patients receiving...
Surgical Robots: The Risks You Need To Know
There’s no doubt that advanced technology has significantly benefited the health care industry. But patients considering going under the knife of a surgical robot may want to do their research...
Best (And Worst) Hospitals In CT
Hospitals in Connecticut could be getting safer! According to the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, Connecticut hospitals have drastically improved since the beginning of the year. Ranking number 40...
High Medical Bills: This Surprise Fee Can Increase Your Cost!
When 27-year-old Brianna Snitchler scheduled an appointment to remove a cyst, her physician recommended a simple biopsy to check the growth for cancer first. Brianna’s biopsy was performed via a...
Connecticut Hospital Rankings
Best (And Worst) Hospitals In CT The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for Connecticut are in, and the results are not impressive. Last week, Connecticut hospitals ranked 40th in the country...
Surgical Centers Are More Dangerous Than You Thought
In the last decade, Connecticut has seen an influx of Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) providing same-day care at lower costs. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make these facilities safe. New research continues...
Is Your Doctor Banned?
Bad doctors who surrender their license to save their reputations may still be practicing medicine. An investigation published by MedpageToday last November revealed that hundreds of physicians who have surrendered their...
Avoiding Emergency Room Errors
Avoiding ER Errors U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the best hospitals in America for 2018-19, evaluating more than 4,500 hospitals in the country across 16...
Choosing a Doctor
In 2016, a jury found Dr. Marsel Huribal, Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, and Griffen Hospital negligent in mistreating an 18-year-old patient who lost a leg due to a blood clot....