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While some emergency department doctors take strong positions against guns, others maintain that the first defense is keeping firearms out of the hands of people who are mentally ill.
Physicians are urged to discuss access to firearms with patients who might be suicidal.
Consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about what triggers Medicare's penalties for hospitals who readmit patients too frequently.
With an expanding number of groups offering a stamp of approval, consumers find a confusing array of quality awards to consider when choosing a hospital.
Dr. Valerie Goodman, an osteopathic doctor, explains osteopathic medicine and how it influences how she delivers patient-centered care at her practice in rural Centreville, Md.
The growing number of osteopathic doctors could help fill the primary care niche in medically underserved areas.
For years, osteopathic physicians were viewed differently than their medical-doctor counterparts, but this distinction is disappearing.
For many years, hospitals were reluctant to address physicians who berated nurses, threw scalpels or demeaned co-workers. But increasingly such actions bring discipline.
The experience of her husband's death transformed artist Regina Holliday into a patient advocate. Now, she's galvanizing others with the common goal of improving health care to make it better, cheaper and safer.
Pressure from insurers, employers and advocacy groups is finally reducing rates of elective deliveries before 39 weeks.
The kiosks are part of a technology boom targeted at consumers seeking instant health data and cheaper, more convenient care.
The health law specifies that birth control is a covered service in many plans ending the burden of a high up-front cost for IUDs and hormonal implants.
STAR, a program designed to offer cancer survivors rehabilitation therapy after treatment, is growing, as is research showing that many of the quality-of-life problems cancer survivors have are physical and can be helped with rehab.
"We're in the midst of a mania right now," Dr. Scot Silverstein warns, speaking of the race to adopt electronic health records. "We know it causes harm, and we don't even know the level of magnitude. That statement alone should be the basis for the greatest of caution and slowing down."
Ex-cop-turned-Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder roots out 'unnecessary variation' to make care more cost-effective.
The research bolsters Medicare's efforts to prompt hospitals to reduce the number of patients who return quickly even though some experts assert that might be a sign of good care.
Sometimes patients who are kept in the hospital to monitor their condition are not formally admitted and must pick up a bigger share of the cost.
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Insurance columnist answers readers' questions about the new pregnancy benefits offered in the health overhaul, assurances that current insurance policies will be honored in the future and switching employer health plans.
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