Did you know that the average noise level in American hospitals is about 95 decibels? That’s 10 decibels higher than the noise level at which OSHA regulations require companies to provide hearing protection for employees. We might think of hospitals as relatively quiet places, but in practice that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. Continue Reading..

Palliative care programs are designed to alleviate the stress and struggle of a serious long-term illness for not only the person who is sick, but their close relatives as well. While a palliative care program can the best environment in which to nurse an extremely sick person back to health or at least keep them

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Exam rooms can be stressful places for patients. This is especially true in cases where patients are undergoing long-term treatments for chronic illnesses or serious injuries. For these patients, visits to the exam room are valuable opportunities to discuss their progress with their doctors and gain insight into what they can do to improve their

No physician is an island. More often than not, practicing medicine is a collaborative effort between groups of healthcare professionals working to solve a common problem. Now, a new study conducted by a group of psychologists at Rice University has found that by embracing team-focused training regimens, healthcare facilities can reduce medical errors by as

In May, 2016, the British Medical Journal raised serious concerns among patients and physicians when it published a study that found that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. The authors of the study attributed the alarming number of deaths caused by medical errors to a lack of reporting