Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland began performs water births as a safe “alternative birthing option” for women who wish to deliver in a “calm and serene environment” and “a gentler welcome for baby.” However, the birth of a baby born on December... Read More

Nothing is more heart-wrenching than the thought of losing a baby. Whether it happens at full-term or just a few months in, the sorrow is deep for the families involved and the grieving process is long. Matters are complicated by the fact that there is... Read More

A new study reveals how crucial shift change communication can be to a patient’s hospital experience. Health care centers could cut the risk of serious adverse events by 30 percent and other medical errors by 25 percent with better shift change communication, according to Harvard... Read More

About 160,000 bariatric surgeries are done each year, according to US News & World Report. What we know is this: Bariatric surgery results in greater weight loss than other, nonsurgical treatments. It is also an effective way to reverse type 2 diabetes in obese patients.... Read More

Preventable surgery deaths have increased 5 percent a year from 1998 to 2010, according to a new study published in the August 19 edition of the British Journal of Urology International. Researchers from the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit reviewed Nationwide Inpatient Sample hospital discharge... Read More

On April 8, 2014, a Chicago plaintiff filed a stillbirth malpractice lawsuit against the U.S. attorney general, asking for more than $75,000 in damages in the death of her infant. The central argument is that the defendant failed to deliver the plaintiff’s baby in a... Read More

In the state of Georgia, 82 percent of physicians practice “defensive medicine” at a cost of $14 billion a year, according to Republican Senator Brandon Beach of Fulton County’s District 21. His proposed bill – The Patient Compensation Act – would prevent patients and their... Read More

Misdiagnoses make up about 40 percent of all medical mistakes doctors make, according to the National Patient Safety Foundation. At best, a false positive diagnosis can throw a patient into emotional upheaval and deep depression for a period of time. Misdiagnosed patients also fail to experience... Read More