Word: patients
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James Kunen's article on the trend toward replacing nurses with unlicensed patient-care technicians led Clare Kranstover, an R.N. and caseworker with Kemper National Services in Park City, Utah, to issue this blunt warning: "Patients, beware! You will be at risk when hospitals put you in the hands of a technician. If the person caring for you does not have R.N. after his or her name, leave that hospital immediately!" Kranstover, 41, has been a nurse for 11 years, and was a cardiac nurse at a San Diego hospital the night a technician allowed a patient who had just...
...reminded of this whole debacle when I was at the ice-skating gala "An Evening with Champions" this past weekend. Like the convention, it was impeccably planned, full of good acts and run by patient organizers. Still, it had its share of media people who thought their own show was far more important. Their victim: the master of ceremonies, Paul Wylie '91, who had to face the camera at all times. He was nervous to begin with--to skate, to host and no doubt to be representing Eliot House as one of its most famous young alums. Then...
...taken for a liberal, liberal, liberal. The difference between HMOs and socialized medicine, the Bill Clinton of this presidential campaign might say, is that an efficiently run hmo can produce a CEO who walks away with $4 million or $5 million a year without ever seeing a patient--proof that America remains the land of opportunity for all our citizens as we build a bridge to the 21st century...
...addition, too many patients who could benefit from the cocktail treatments aren't getting them. The drugs are expensive (annual cost: $12,000 to $20,000) and in short supply. That puts them out of reach for millions of people in the developing world, as well as for large numbers of underinsured patients in the industrial world. Tens of thousands of Americans are scrambling to pay for the drugs any way they can--through private insurance policies, Medicaid payments, sometimes even Visa and MasterCard. One resourceful patient in Georgia collected drugs from the leftover supplies of deceased friends...
Dreamland shows that Peyroux is more than a vocal Ouija board. On the very first track she stretches beyond jazz with a patient, deeply pleasing rendition of Walkin' After Midnight, a song made famous by country star Patsy Cline. And in a nod to her French roots, Peyroux delivers a vibrant version of Edith Piaf's La Vie en Rose. Dreamland features an impressive cast of supporting players. Pianist Chestnut provides restrained invention on Reckless Blues, guitarist Vernon Reid (formerly of the rock band Living Colour) enlivens Muddy Water, and up-and-coming jazz stars Marcus Printup (trumpet) and James...