Posted on 28 December 2021. Tags: COVID, government oversight, Heathcare, hospitals, patients
One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riverside Community Hospital kept calling out sick. Patients were coughing as staffers wheeled the maskless soap opera star around the California hospital while treating her for injuries from a horseback fall in May 2020, Evans said.
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Posted on 22 April 2021. Tags: COVID, delays, Health, Pandemic, patients, treatment
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer and rotting and damaged teeth, among other ailments.
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Posted on 11 June 2019. Tags: biography, elderly, hospital, medical, medicine, patients, story telling
Bob Hall was recovering from yet another surgery in March 2014 when a volunteer walked into his hospital room.
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Posted in Family Care, Health
Posted on 04 December 2018. Tags: Medicare, nursing homes, patients, Penalties, readmissions
Bonuses and penalties are also intended to discourage nursing homes from discharging patients too quickly.
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Posted on 26 November 2018. Tags: information, medical, medical records, medicine, patients
When Liz Tidyman’s elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to their children and grandchildren years ago, they carried their medical records with them in a couple of brown cardboard folders tied with string.
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Posted on 27 October 2018. Tags: Health, medical, patients, Records
Federal law guarantees that people have a right to see and obtain a copy of their medical records.
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