Patient Safety Newsletter from Patrick Malone

Preventive Care: What Works? What Do I Need to Stay Healthy? (One of a series: Becoming a Smarter Consumer of Health Care in 2010)
August 2010
The Shingles Vaccine: A Small Hassle Now to Prevent Much Misery Later
What Every Adult American Needs: A Simple List of Preventive Medical Care that Works
Not on the List: The Executive Physical or Expensive Scans
When Less Is More for Treating Back Pain and Heart Disease (One of a series: Becoming a Smarter Consumer of Health Care in 2010)
July 2010
Simple Is Best for Most Back Surgeries
Many Unneeded Heart Stents
A Postscript: People Like Us
Understanding Numbers in Medicine: Easier than You Might Think, and More Important Too
June 2010
Count the Patients If You Want to Know the Real Scoop
How to Read Numbers: The Tamoxifen story
A New Approach: The "Drug Facts" Box
How Do You Find The Best, Safest Hospital?
April 2010
How to look for the Right Hospital
Check Out What Other Patients Have Said on the Medicare Website
More Resources
The Dilemma of Modern Medical Care: More Is Not Always Better
March 2010
Lessons from Heart Attack
Removal of a Healthy Breast
Cancer Screening
Experience Counts: What you need to know before choosing a surgeon
January 2010
Practice Makes Perfect: Essential Knowledge for Anyone Facing Surgery or Any Medical Procedure
Finding the Answers on Your Surgeon's Experience
Your Legal Right to Know Your Surgeon's Experience
A New Start for 2010: Becoming a Smarter Consumer of Health Care
January 2010
Conflicts of Interest: Why Should Patients Care?
The First Step: It Gets Easier