Health Management Rx: Leave Your Assumptions At the Door, 'Cause They Don't Belong in the Hospital

20.12.09

Leave Your Assumptions At the Door, 'Cause They Don't Belong in the Hospital

"My husband almost died from a ruptured and infected bladder, while in the care of hospital staff, because nobody read the record."

http://tinyurl.com/yb3kxc3

Excellent ePatients.net post on medical literacy, patient/caregiver engagment.

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Leave Your Assumptions At the Door, 'Cause They Don't Belong in the Hospital

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