Do you know your rights as a patient and consumer of health services? Last year, I began writing about The Patient’s Bill of Rights, a series of protections also known as the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. This bill was adopted by the US Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health…
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The Fastest Two Minutes in Health Care
Google the term “health media” and up comes a mind-numbing 816 million plus hits. Everything from corporations to blogs, to cable and mainstream TV, print publications & online sites – name it and it’s probably somewhere on this list. Health News comprised 3.6 percent of coverage by network news in 2007-8 according to a Pew…