Many hospitals, despite their best efforts to remain open, will need to make the difficult decision to close their doors….

Knowledge of the risks patient malnutrition poses to population health and to provider operations is widespread. In fact, this problem…

Blog was originally published on phlabs.org It is that time of year when politicians are touting some form of universal…

There have been many advances in the understanding of heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) over the past several decades. These advances…

Roughly eight percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer patients have reported that healthcare providers refuse to see them because…

One aspect of the traditional revenue model for most healthcare providers includes a strategy of maintaining patient loyalty while capturing…

I once read that a diabetic patient was taught to inject insulin by practicing on an orange. Shortly after leaving…

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggested that black patients hospitalized for heart attacks…