Warning Signs of an Incompetent Doctor

Nearly half of U.S. physicians experience symptoms of burnout – think exhaustion and depression – according to a new study in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. When a physician has the life of you or a loved one in his or her hands, it is of the utmost importance that they are functioning at…

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Hospitals Placing Profits Over Patient Care

Consolidation in health care is creating a tightening bind for independent doctors across the country, according to a recent article in The New York Times.  Reduced Medicare reimbursements and higher technology costs are just some reasons why the percentage of independent doctors nationwide has dropped from 57 percent to 39 percent since 2000, according to…

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Grave Human Error Results in Suspended Transplant Program

A serious human error has led to the suspension of the forty year-old University of Toledo Medical Center’s living kidney transplant program, according to The Toledo Blade. Two operating room nurses were suspended for previously undisclosed actions, which is now being reported as placing a donated, viable kidney in the trash before it could be transplanted…

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