Do you know your rights as a hospital patient? Being in the hospital is one of the most vulnerable circumstances a person can be in. You’re at the mercy of IV drips, hectic schedules of an array of ...

CMS recently released revisions to its Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals (S&C 11-36-Hospital/CAH) to clarify patients’ rights concerning designation of representatives. Hospitals are obligated ...

Forty-two percent of Colorado hospitals are failing to comply with a state law designed to protect patient rights and expand access to care, according to a recent report from the Colorado Consumer ...

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Anand is a neurologist and Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine. Her first book, The Mind Electric, will be out in June Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the ...