Here’s a clickbait idea for U.S. business publications: The annual Corporate Cowardice Awards. Although it’s only March, this year’s recipient is a no brainer – The American Hospital Association. Wright L. Lassiter III, the trade group’s 2022 chair and CEO of Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System, is most deserving of accepting the award on behalf of his industry’s executive colleagues.
My argument as to why hospital CEOs, not nurses, should be held liable for avoidable errors prosecutors allege are criminal.
Why gastroenterologists are among the unsung heroes of medicine.
My argument for criminalizing fatal hospital medical staff errors and who should ultimately be held responsible.
Meet Dr. Mary Bowden, the Houston ENT doc willing to brave the government, the medical establishment, and a hostile media to practice medicine and treat covid patients as she sees fit.
Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital settling yet again a federal lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing practices makes clear that it’s time to replace with the Hippocratic Oath promising to do no harm with this promise upon medical school graduation: “If my healthcare employer’s business practices are endangering patients, I promise to keep my mouth shut.”
The CDC’s longtime fear was developing “a bankruptcy of trust” that would render it impossible for the government to implement critical health policies. Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, and others struck the first credibility blow when they refused to follow carefully crafted CDC guidelines on how best to communicate with the public. The Biden Administration finished the job.
If you are a man 55 or older, this article can possibly save you from risky prostate surgery and maybe having to wear diapers in the twilight of your life. If you don’t fit this demographic, move along – there’s nothing for you to see here.
It’s a measure of the sorry state of U.S. media that one of the most devastating ransomware attacks of all time has received virtually no coverage. Millions of workers, including frontline hospital, police, and firefighters, know what I’m talking about.
America’s nurses are suffering. A study released earlier this year revealed that nurses are 18% more likely to commit suicide than the general population. A trade publication this week estimated that one in ten nurses may have a substance abuse order.
Little wonder that an American Nurses Foundation survey in October revealed that 21 percent of U.S. nurses planned to quit the profession within six months and 29 percent were entertaining the thought.
America is already experiencing a severe nursing shortage, and the consequences of losing half the profession is beyond comprehension. America’s political leaders must take up the cause and protect the country from the greed and mismanagement of the American Hospital Association and its members.
Maine is an example of how hospital safety improves when political leaders stand in solidarity with nurses.