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Families, advocates sound alarm over patients stuck in the hospital without a medical need

Christopher Davis was lying on the floor watching cartoons one night last December while his mother, Beverly, decorated her Spokane home for Christmas. From time to time, she showed him a decoration. But Christopher, a 46-year-old developmentally disabled man, just pushed them away.
- Austin Jenkins
Bill Of The Month: Estimate For Cost Of Hernia Surgery Misses The Mark

Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. But even when you do so, estimates from insurers, hospitals and doctors can be unreliable.
- Rachel Bluth
Creative Recruiting Helps Rural Hospitals Overcome Doctor Shortages

Recruiting doctors to come to work in rural hospitals has always been a challenge, especially in a hot job market. But some hospitals in remote areas are finding ways to lure much-needed talent.
- Yuki Noguchi
Seattle Children's Hospital says fungus killed 1, infected 5 more

Fungus at Seattle Children’s Hospital has killed one person and infected five others, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
- Casey Martin
Seattle hospital workers possibly exposed to dangerous bacteria Brucella

Employees of Harborview Medical Center are being treated for the dangerous Brucella bacteria after a possible exposure this month.
- Eilís O'Neill
Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse

Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening.
- Ina Jaffe
'Patients Will Die': One County's Challenge To Trump's 'Conscience Rights' Rule

California's Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs.
- Selena Simmons-Duffin
In Syria, Reports Of 19 Medical Facilities Bombed Since April 28

Strikes by the government and its allies have dealt a devastating blow to Idlib province in the north, where the conflict has escalated since late April.
- Diane Cole
Drugmaker Created To Reduce Shortages And Prices Unveils Its First Products

Civica Rx has plans to become an alternative source of generic drugs at reasonable prices for hospitals. The company's first medicines will be the antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin.
- Selena Simmons-Duffin
Opinion: Keep Limits Intact On Medical Residents' Work Hours

Caps on shift lengths for medical residents were implemented to improve patient safety. Given the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional capacity and residents' well-being, why risk longer hours?
- Clayton Dalton

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