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Visiting hours

January 3, 2008 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

An article in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal traces the history of visiting patients in hospitals in England, from the 18th century to the present. Sadia Ismail and Graham Mulley paint quite a picture in their opening lines: From 2 pm they gather at the entrance to the ward, occasionally drifting through […]

Filed Under: pt/doc co-care Tagged With: care, caregivers, clinic, hospitals, patients, Tom Ferguson

Talk of the Nation–Susannah Fox

December 14, 2007 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

I had the pleasure of being a guest on NPR’s Talk of the Nation yesterday, along with Dr. Scott Haig and Dr. Ted Eytan, to talk about “Do-It-Yourself Diagnosis on the Web.” (For a substantive summary of the show, check out Josh Seidman’s recap.) The producers were smart to kick things off with Dr. Haig’s […]

Filed Under: reforming hc Tagged With: care, doctors, e-patient, Google, healthcare, npr

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