U.S. Health Statistics For 2011
November 14, 2012
The healthiest state in the United States for 2011 was Vermont, which has consistently moved up the rankings every year since 1998, when it ranked number 17. Which state was number two in 2011? That would be New Hampshire, which moved up from number 3 in 2010. New Hampshire consistently ranks in the[...]
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Risk Of Nursing Home Fall Injuries Increases With SSRI Use
October 21, 2012
A British study regarding the use of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) for nursing home residents has shown an association between the use of SSRIs and an increased risk of falls causing injuries in nursing homes, with the risk increasing as the dose is increased. The study also s[...]
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Chronology Of The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 14, 2012
By now most people in the United States have heard about the current outbreak of fungal meningitis in the United States that has been linked to contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by a compounding pharmacy headquartered in Massachusetts. Three lots of the potentially contaminated[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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CDC’s Fungal Meningitis Update (October 7, 2012)
October 8, 2012
On October 7, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated the information regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States. The CDC update stated: CDC is coordinating a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received e[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 7, 2012
On October 6, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that seven people have died as a result of a fungal meningitis outbreak, and 64 people in 9 U.S. states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis that are linked to the use of contaminated steroid injections (epidu[...]
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Chiropractor Malpractice Statistics
September 27, 2012
Quoting from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chiropractors treat patients with health problems of the musculoskeletal system, which is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. They use spinal manipulation and other techniqu[...]
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Hospital Error Rates For Chronically Ill Children
September 23, 2012
In a study of data regarding children who were hospitalized during 2006 in 38 states in the United States, researchers found that 44.1 % of hospitalized children had a least one chronic condition such as cancer, asthma, or digestive disorders (the researchers found that 22.3% of children who were[...]
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Hospital Medical Malpractice Statistics Exposed
September 20, 2012
In a new book written by a world-renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon named Marty Makary, M.D., the author notes that one in six dollars in the U.S. economy are spent in the health care industry, 20% to 30% of all medical tests and procedures are unnecessary, 30% to 40% of total health care expenditure[...]
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Prescription Drug Plan Statistics For 2012
September 17, 2012
Over 99% of employees in the United States who are covered by an employer-sponsored health plan have a prescription drug benefit. Eighty-seven percent of employees covered by an employer-sponsored health plan had a tiered cost-sharing formula for prescription drugs in 2012, with over 75% having t[...]
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2012 Employer-Provided Health Plan Cost Statistics
September 13, 2012
The average cost of a family health care plan in the United States rose by 4% in 2012, to $15,745 (the average cost was $15,073 in 2011), which was higher than the overall inflation rate of 2.3% and was 30% higher than in 2007 and 97% higher than in 2002. The average premium for family coverag[...]
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Diagnostic Errors In Hospital ICUs Cause 40,500 Deaths Annually
August 30, 2012
The results from a recent study undertaken by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality that reviewed 31 studies that included 5,863 autopsies involving patients who died in hospital Intensive Care Units found that 28% of the patients who died had a least one missed [...]
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