What does your doctor hear when you talk? by Danielle Ofri published on CNN.com Whenever a patient asks me about the side effects of a particular medication, I point to the very long roster of symptoms listed for the drug. “It’s anything any patient has ever experienced,” I say, then try to help prioritize the…
Quality measures are all the rage now. Insurance companies and HMOs love them because they see them as ways to save money. Hospitals and medical organizations are flocking to them because they are an appealing way to measure and possibly improve medical care. The zeitgeist of “pay for performance” is in the air, and quality…
Ashamed To Admit It: Owning Up To Medical Error By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. Health Affairs Journal (also in The Washington Post). Precisely two weeks after completing my medical internship,I proceeded to nearly kill a patient. July marked the startof my second year of residency at New York City’s BellevueHospital, and it was my first time…
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