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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Employees with Glendale Memorial Hospital are warning that a recent layoff of 41 support personnel will adversely affect patient care. Registered nurses, X-ray technicians, respiratory, and other ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A frightening article came out in the Wall Street Journal December 19, 2012 "Surgeons Make Thousands of Snafus" explaining how surgeons are making thousands of preventable errors every year ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A new healthcare model is being tested in pockets throughout the country, but nowhere more than in Massachusetts. This revolutionary model will pay doctors more money for healthier patients, rather ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The Leapfrog Group, an employer backed nonprofit group focused on healthcare quality and a grader of hospitals and medical centers for patient safety, just gave Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center an F ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Andy Walker, MD, FAAEM, an emergency physician wrote an article about Obamacare in Medscape on October 2, 2012, "Editor's Letter: Law of the Land." This article discusses the benefits ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
This is part 2 of the blog discussing the Newsweek article by Marty Makary which appeared September 17, 2012 "Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think?" You can view the first part of this blog ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
An informative Newsweek article "Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think?" September 17, 2012 by Marty Makary describes the numerous dangers involving hospitals and doctors. The article begins ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A recent study by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN discovered more than 4 out of 10 doctors in the United States stated they are emotionally exhausted, felt a high degree of cynicism, and/or felt ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the individual mandate on June 28 th, in effect providing tens of millions of low income people with health insurance. In addition to the current benefits the ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Thirteen California hospitals have been issued fines totaling $825,000 for errors that resulted in serious injuries for their patients. These fines are outlined in the June 1, 2012 article in the UT ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
47% of the 2,652 hospitals tested nationwide received a grade of C or lower, and more than 40% of California hospitals received a grade of C or lower, according to a new study released by the Leapfrog ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Physician's who used to use the term "board eligible" to indicate that they were not yet board certified will now face sanctions and be considered in breach of ethical standards of ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Massachusetts is experimenting with a model to better handle medical malpractice issues with hospitals. A group of seven Massachusetts hospitals are embarking on a model they hope will improve the ...
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Posted on May 29, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Patients are 50% more likely to be readmitted to hospitals if they are discharged too early; this according to the article by Karen Cheung in the May 14 th Fierce Healthcare entitled "Busy ...
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Posted on May 25, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute concluded that surgeons who become the owners of ambulatory surgical centers are more likely to perform surgeries on patients than non-owners. ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Just how much does it cost to visit the emergency room? What about for something as simple as a stomach ache? You may be surprised to find that it could cost over $5,000. A March 24, 2012 article in ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Cancer is a broad group of various diseases, which involve unregulated cell growth. Normal cells grow and multiply when the body needs them to grow and multiple, and die when the body no longer ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The "wrongful birth, wrongful life" lawsuit legislation passed the Republican controlled Senate in Arizona, with a 20-9 vote Tuesday, March 6, 2012. This legislation if it becomes law would ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The American Medical Association released a study which finds more medical malpractice liability claims stem from events that occurred in ambulatory settings than anywhere else. The study titled, ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Although the new federal healthcare reforms won't be enacted until 2014, that is not stopping many California hospitals from making many efficiency changes now. Hospitals must adapt quickly to a ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
MICRA or the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act was enacted in California to limit the amount of non-economic damages victims of medical malpractice could be awarded. In 1975 MICRA was passed, ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hospital employees are not reporting most errors, accidents, and events that lead to serious harm to Medicare patients. The study released by the inspector general of the Department of Health and ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In 1975, with the help of strong lobbying effort by doctors and medical professionals, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act or MICRA was passed. Prior to the passing of this legislation, doctors ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Bilirubin is a substance found in the bile of infants. Bile is produced by the liver and released into the small intestine where it is used to help with digestion. Bilirubin is produced by the liver ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
During gestation, an unborn baby's brain is susceptible to a wide variety of threats. One vulnerability is hypoxia or asphyxia, which is a lack of oxygen to the brain. Although the birthing ...
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