Most GPs always accept a patient’s request for a mental health sick note, shows research

MOST GPs have never refused a patient’s request for a mental health sick note, research suggests. Nearly three-quarters of 752 family doctors admitted they said yes every time. The BBC survey came ...
Yahoo

Sick Patient With Just $6 In Savings Says They're Too Poor to Eat And Asks, 'Will the Hospital Feed Me?' As They Debate Going To ER In Hopes Of A Meal

When most people think about going to the hospital, they're worried about the bill. One patient on Reddit had a far more basic question: would the hospital give them something to eat. The post ...

California patients got sick after taking GLP-1s, other drugs made by Empower Pharmacy, records show

Empower Pharmacy could be banned from doing business in California after the state's pharmacy board moved to revoke Empower's ...
Becker's Hospital Review

MA may not serve sick patients as well as traditional Medicare

Research indicates Medicare Advantage plans may not be equipped to take care of sicker patients, according to Austin Frakt, PhD, health economist and founder of the blog “The Incidental Economist.” ...
Becker's Hospital Review

4 hospital design flaws making patients sicker, according to a physician

Everything from shared rooms to alarm noises can be detrimental to sick patients trying to recover in the hospital, according to Dhruv Khullar, MD, a resident physician at Massachusetts General ...