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An emergency room (ER) is where patients who require acute medical attention tend to go to be checked out. The medical decisions made there can impact not only a patient’s immediate health outcomes, but also their long-term prognosis and overall quality of life. When...
Emergency rooms are key points of access for those with medical challenges. If someone does not have a referral from their primary care physician and cannot wait for an office appointment, the emergency room can help them connect with immediate medical evaluation....
There are hundreds of medications on the market, ranging from prescription sleep aids to weight loss drugs. Each of those medications has a unique formulation and a host of potential side effects. The companies that develop these medications generally have to conduct...
While Iowa’s certainly not one of the more ethnically diverse states in the country, it’s considerably more diverse than it once was. That’s particularly true in larger cities like Des Moines. However, life can still be challenging for people who aren’t fluent in...
Emergency rooms are busy places that tend to be understaffed. The doctors, nurses and staff are often overworked with long shifts and many patients. This can spell trouble for people seeking help after a serious accident. When workers are tired, mistakes can happen....
The last thing anyone expects when they go to the emergency room is for a mistake to be made. But Emergency rooms are busy and often frantic and understaffed. In this fast-paced, chaotic environment, mistakes are bound to happen. People who visit the emergency room...
Your focus is likely on recovery when you’re laying in that hospital bed. After all, it’s difficult to get back to work, play with your children or play a round of golf from your hospital room. That means placing your trust in your medical caregivers to...
Research conducted by David Lind and the Heartland Health Research Institute corroborates several other studies conducted over the past 20 years that have concluded that medical errors constitute a leading cause of death in the United States and in Iowa. Well in...
Medication errors are mistakes in prescribing, dispensing and administering medications. Common causes of such errors include poor communication, ambiguities in product names, directions for use, medical abbreviations or writing and poor dispensing procedures....