True or false: A postoperative patient who is receiving pain medication should be educated about his or her pain medication as well as other pain management techniques.
True or false: When a patient has been seen in the outpatient clinic for a minor eye infection and is sent home with antibiotic eye drops that are to be administered over 14 days, the patient should receive a full list of medications, dosages, routes, and frequency before leaving the clinic.
Emergency departments are busier than ever, with more than 136 million patient visits in 2011, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. hospitals are making headway in preventing adverse events, with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimating that 1.3 million fewer patients were harmed from 2010 to 2013.
A new Johns Hopkins study raises additional questions about the correlation between what patients think they know about their medical condition versus their true understanding
