Gallup Poll: More Americans Dissatisfied With Quality of Health Care
A recently released Gallup poll revealed that, for the first time in 20 years, less than half of all Americans are very satisfied with the quality of the health care system in the United States. The poll indicated that only 48 percent of Americans rated the quality of the health care system as “excellent”—a notable […]
Study Finds 25 Percent of Hospitalizations Result in Health Care Related Injuries
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that hospital related adverse events were identified in nearly one in four hospital admissions, and that approximately one in four of the events were preventable.1 “The authors’ findings are disturbing. These findings suggest that the safety movement has, at best, stalled,” said Donald […]
Big Pharma’s Influence in Shaping the U.S. Medical Model
The United States is the most medicated country in the world, with 70 percent of Americans using at least one prescription drug daily. The U.S. also has the highest rates of obesity, heart disease, childhood illness, and autoimmune disease, yet it often touts its health care and medical research as the best in the world.1 The […]
U.S. Keeps COVID Vaccine Mandate for Non-Citizens Entering Country by Air
On Jan. 4, 2023, the U.S. Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) extended its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for non-citizens and non-immigrants traveling to the United States by air until Apr. 10, 2023. The previous mandate expired on Jan. 9.1 The U.S is one of a few countries that require COVID vaccinations when flying into US airports without […]
U.S. Facing Severe Shortage of Infectious Disease Physicians
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a focus on the shortage of doctors opting to specialize in infectious disease. According to forecasts by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the United States will face a serious shortage of infectious disease doctors with estimates showing that that by 2035 there will […]
Millions Harmed by Medical Misdiagnosis in U.S. Hospital Emergency Rooms
A new study published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on Dec. 15, 2022 estimates that about six percent of the approximately 130 million people (about one in 18 individuals) who seek medical care in emergency departments (ED) in the United States each year are […]