Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better HealthcareÂ
Understanding the inner workings of your hospital is important and can help patients with everything from negotiating a lower hospital bill to finding the highest ranking hospital employee when you are not happy with the care you are receiving.
An article in SmartMoney offers advice about 10 hospital secrets you [...]
Monday, April 12th, 2010
By Don Ammon
Former CEO, Adventist Health System WestÂ
Many Americans are confused about what the new healthcare law really means. When and how do they sign up for high risk insurance pools? Parents want specifics about how they can keep their kids on their health insurance plans. People are trying to separate fact from fiction when [...]
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
By Ed Howe
Retired president and CEO, Aurora Health CareÂ
There is a helpful voice guiding lawmakers as they try to finalize language in what will be a final healthcare reform bill to send to President Obama.
The voice is that of the Premier healthcare alliance. The group represents 2,300 not-for-profit hospitals and more than 64,000 other healthcare [...]
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Treating those with a terminal illness is never easy. In the healthcare arena there are different opinions on how much to spend on end-of-life care and how to approach the patient.  Â
A recent article in The New York Times describes these vast differences. The reporter explains that “the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, one of the [...]
Monday, December 21st, 2009
By Dr. Seymour Handler – Guest blogger
Retired Pathologist, North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis
A long-standing recommendation by many prestigious health entities is that people should have a health evaluation examination and cancer screenings at regular intervals, ostensibly to detect diseases earlier than would occur when the disease becomes symptomatic, thereby making a cure more likely.Â
There has [...]
