My father did not survive his most recent interaction with the health care system. I am not young, so you might imagine that by dad was not either. If you look back in this blog, you will see that my father suffered a cardiac arrest after he had a hospital acquired urinary track infection that…
Month: October 2025
Communication In Healthcare
As my father continues to be in the hospital, it gives me the opportunity to live the things that happen to other families and patients. I think that many physicians believe that they understand what their patients go through. I imagine that many have real empathy for what patients go through. But there is nothing…
It Has Been About Two Years….
It has been just over two years since my father went to a nursing home after months in a hospital. He had fallen and broken his kneecap. He did well after his surgery but while in acute rehabilitation he developed a urinary track infection, likely because of a bladder catheter that was placed during his…