Hospitals Worse than Home for Cancer Survival
Most of us don’t want to die in the hospital. But most think that we’ll live longer by staying in the hospital. Not the case for terminal cancer patients. Then there are hospital mistakes and infections.
Tagged: medical errors
Doctor says Medical Mistakes Killing a Jumbo Jet of People Daily
Cancer surgeon and medical safety expert has confirmed the extent and causes of medical mistakes in U.S. hospitals, characterizing the massive level of deaths as equivalent to a jumbo jet full of passengers crashing to their death every day.
Hospitals Caught Over-Admitting and Over-Charging Patients
An investigation by CBS’ 60 Minutes has exposed one of the nation’s largest hospital chains pressuring their staff of doctors to admit patients into the hospital to meet quotas, and a former FBI agent says the chain committed medicare fraud….