Hospitals Pushing Non-English Speaker Patients to Front of Line: Report
A London hospital is prioritising non-English speaking patients for treatment, pushing native or fluent speakers to the back of the queue, a report has found. According to To Sunday MailImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs five hospitals in northwest London, has launched an initiative to prioritise patients who need interpreters. The policy is supposed […]
Reforming 340B vital for affordable medication for low-income patients
Time 340B Drug Pricing Program Established in 1992, the program was intended by Congress to help low-income and uninsured patients afford prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies that make drugs covered by Medicaid are required to participate in the program, which offers them to patients at a discount that averages 25 to 50 percent off the wholesale […]
Fauci’s West Nile diagnosis, veterans call for health care and communication with dementia patients
According to reports, former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus earlier this month and is currently recovering at home. (Drew Ungerer/Getty Images, Main; E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, top right; NIH-NIAID/IMAGE POINT FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, bottom right) High-profile infectious diseases – Dr. Anthony […]
More than 14,000 NHS beds in use by patients ready to be discharged | NHS
Figures show more than 14,000 NHS hospital beds are occupied every day by patients who have recovered enough to be discharged, and experts are urging ministers to respond to the crisis. The data emerged amid a scathing report which revealed almost a fifth of care providers are waiting weeks to transfer those they care for. […]
Mechanical artificial heart is using high-speed rail tech to keep patients alive
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, the first fully mechanical heart developed by BiVACOR has been implanted in a human patient. This milestone marks a major advancement in the field of cardiac care and brings new hope to those awaiting a heart transplant. To get security alerts, expert tips, sign up for Kurt’s newsletter – Cyberguy […]
Planned Parenthood performs at least 2 medical abortions, sees up to 30 patients at mobile clinic near DNC
Dozens of patients used Planned Parenthood’s mobile clinic set up near the Democratic National Convention to receive abortions, vasectomies and other life-threatening medical interventions. As The Blaze News previously reported, on Monday and Tuesday, Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which typically sees patients in Missouri and southern Illinois, opened a mobile clinic in Chicago’s West Loop, […]
Atlanta Hospital Sued After Allegedly Losing Part Of Surgery Patient’s Skull, Billing $19K For Replacement
A Georgia couple is suing Emory University Midtown Hospital, alleging that the hospital lost part of a patient’s skull during surgery in September 2022 and then billed them $19,000 to replace it, according to court documents. Fernando and Maria Craster filed a lawsuit against a local hospital, alleging that the hospital lost part of Fernando’s […]
Tim Walz doubled down on allowing COVID patients into nursing homes despite 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurring there
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz faced intense criticism for placing COVID-19 patients in nursing homes during the height of the pandemic, then doubled down on that decision even as a staggering 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurred in nursing homes. “This was not a mistake,” Minnesota Governor Said in May 2020The North Star […]
Dental office worker who mocked patient’s diary is still laughing
A Tennessee dental staff member who made headlines for mocking a cancer patient’s private diary is still laughing and enjoying his newfound infamy: “a motherfucker.” Kelsey Pollard, one of several employees fired from Knoxville’s Premier Dental Group after the brutal video went viral this week, couldn’t help but gleefully film a follow-up TikTok video mocking […]
Patients affected by data breach involving health care info notified by letter – WGAL Susquehanna Valley Pa.
News 8 viewers have been asking questions about a letter that claims their personal, sensitive medical information was caught up in a data breach. This could be one of the largest medical records breaches in history. The data was compromised during a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare. Change Healthcare is one of the largest medical […]