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Pediatricians Would Admit Error Only Half the Time
Health
- October 6, 2008
Doctors often don't disclose less obvious mistakes, even if they cause harm, study finds.
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Now Hospitals Must Pay for Avoidable Complications
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- September 30, 2008
Starting tomorrow, Medicare won't pay for a list of complications that could be avoided.
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Health Buzz: Skin Cancer and Other Health News
Health
- August 27, 2008
Uninsured rates fall, Michelle Obama’s speaking finesse, and a new book from a former ER doctor
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Doctors' Group Leaves Secret Shoppers in the Waiting Room
On Health and Money
- June 19, 2008
AMA members question allowing undercover reviewers to probe patient care.
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Health Buzz: Kennedy's Brain Cancer and Other Health News
Health
- May 21, 2008
Rare disease, hospital quality, and hormone replacement therapy for women
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Taking a (By)pass on Surgical Volume
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- April 22, 2008
Conventional wisdom says deaths go down the more often a hospital does a procedure. Oh, yeah?
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Do Patients Plus Clinical Trials Equal Better Care?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- March 25, 2008
Hospitals that sign up lots of patients for studies just might be improving the quality of care across the board.
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Interpreting the Supreme Court's Medical Device Decision
By Justin Ewers -
Nation & World
- February 22, 2008
The ruling gives the FDA the final word, but legal experts say it's not as extensive as it appears.
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Rating Doctors: A Rank Practice?
By Michelle Andrews -
Health
- January 31, 2008
Websites now let patients rate their physicians, despite opposition from medical groups.
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A Rectum, a Finger, and a Lawsuit in New York
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- January 16, 2008
The patient feels violated. Doctors feel it was necessary. A court will decide.
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Do Celebrities Get Better Care?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- November 26, 2007
They may get special treatment, but it might not be the kind they want. Nor would you.
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Surgery Really Is a Numbers Game
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- July 27, 2007
Your first question should be: "How many have you done?"
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A Hospital Report With Holes
Comarow On Quality
- June 22, 2007
Yesterday's Web posting by the federal government of information that shows how well individual hospitals deal with heart attacks and heart failure was a big deal—in principle. It was the first dip of the federal toe into a pool of statistics called outcomes data.
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The Hunt for Health Report Cards
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow On Quality
- June 1, 2007
We'd like them. Experts say we need them. So where are they?
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How Patients Rate Doctors
Comarow On Quality
- May 9, 2007
Over the years, a fair number of consumers who have consulted our annual America's Best Hospitals rankings have gotten in touch with me (I direct the project) to ask why we don't rate doctors, too. If there were a fair and objective way to do that, we would.
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Pulling Back the Curtains
Comarow On Quality
- May 4, 2007
It was hard to keep from cringing as I leafed through the results of a physician survey centering on quality of care. They were just released by the American College of Physician Executives, whose members consist mostly of doctors with management responsibilities.
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What Does Quality Mean, Anyway?
Comarow On Quality
- April 24, 2007
If the quality and safety of your medical care fell short in some way, would you have any idea? Do you know where and when you should be on guard, what hospitals and clinics are doing to treat and protect patients better, and what steps do and don't work? All of that and more will be within the scope of this blog..
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