When people go to hospitals and surgical centers in Indianapolis for medical procedures, they do so with the expectation they will leave in better health than when they arrived. Unfortunately, 75,000 people die from, and 648,000 develop infections they acquired during...
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Study Links Nurses’ Mental Health to Medical Errors
Nurses in Indianapolis and across the country play a critical role in the delivery of health care. They are often the first and last face a patient sees when they are receiving medical care. Because of the demands of their careers, some nurses become unhealthy,...
Informed Consent for Forceps Delivery
A woman typically has several months to get to know her doctor and prepare a birthing plan before she goes into labor in Indiana. During that time, the two of them should discuss any risk factors and contingency plans that may be necessary to implement if things go...
Is Care Equal for Uninsured Patients?
With so many concerns over proper medical insurance coverage, it should not be surprising that many people in Indiana worry that without insurance, they will not get the best medical care. You may worry if you do not have insurance coverage. Are you getting the same...
How Accurate Are Medical Test Results?
When you go to a doctor, you expect that they will do everything to discover what is wrong with you. You put your trust in their expertise and abilities to heal you. However, doctors alone cannot diagnose many conditions. You may also need to get testing done at an...
Putting the “Info” in “Informed Consent”
When you are suffering from an illness or injury, sometimes there are a number of treatment options available. Other times, the choice may be between only two methods, or perhaps there's only one available medical procedure, operation or medication to address your...
Highlighting Retained Surgical Instrument Cases
Almost everyone in Indianapolis has likely heard horror stories about people who have undergone surgery later discovering that instruments doctors used in their procedures ended up getting left in their bodies. While some may have a hard time believing such tales,...
What Is Informed Consent?
Medical errors occur all the time in Indiana and across the country in healthcare settings. Many of these errors are preventable. Some of them are related to something called informed consent. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
How a Second Opinion Can Save Not Just Your Wallet, but Your Life
If a doctor has recently diagnosed you with a serious condition or illness, you may be feeling any of a variety of emotions: fear, worry, trepidation, anxiety and more. However, before you become too overwhelmed or begin any expensive and intrusive treatments,...
Doctors Errors: Failure to Admit Leads to More Mistakes
One reason why some people in Indianapolis are afraid to go to see their doctors is a lack of trust. These professionals are responsible for providing the utmost quality of care for their patients. However, when they make mistakes, many of them do not own up to or...