A Longwood, Fla., woman holds some of the daily prescription medications she needs. Eleven states have created public boards to lower the cost of prescription medications, and more than a dozen others ...
Close-up of an angry patient pointing his finger at a doctor Physicians can take steps to reduce their risk of being sued by having a low threshold for discharging angry patients from their practice ...
Last week, I visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York with my kids. As I stared at one particular giant dinosaur, I thought to myself, "Hey, that's me!" Indeed, the magnificent ...
Two weeks have passed since the contract expired between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado and CommonSpirit Health, leaving tens of thousands of patients without in-network access to their ...
Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. My patient’s wife glared at me from across his bed, where she stood ...
Even if you have a five-star customer service practice, you'll still have patients who are deemed difficult. The difficult patient often upsets the staff, sends negative reverberations throughout the ...
A female nurse was stabbed several times with an ink pen by an angry patient, according to Worcester District Court documents. Loren Richard Rosenburg is the patient who is charged with stabbing a ...
UK pharmacies have reported having to deal with angry and confused patients after the NHS booking system allowed non-eligible patients to book Covid jabs. According to Community Pharmacy England (CPE) ...
Forty years ago, I had my most angry professional moment. It happened at a weekly meeting that included all our faculty, staff, and trainees—about 200 people. A young and arrogant, not very bright, ...