Patient Experience

Some primary care physicians may lack adequate treatment information for women diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer.

Two paramedics pushed a patient in a stretcher across a mile of ice to reach SSM Health DePaul Hospital-St. Louis on Feb. 11, CNN reports.

Eight people trying the "boiling water challenge" during the frigid Midwest temperatures the week of Jan. 27 were treated at  Loyola Medicine's burn center in Maywood, Ill., according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Emergency departments in Minnesota's Twin Cities region are seeing a flood of patients who injured themselves by slipping on ice Feb. 4, reports CBS Minnesota.

Many patients don’t know where to start when it comes to advocating for themselves and demanding the care they deserve.

There’s a fundamental contradiction at the heart of today’s healthcare industry.

As the New England Patriots get ready to play the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl Feb. 3, Boston Children's Hospital is challenging Children's Hospital Los Angeles to a touchdown dance-off, the Patriots' website reports.

A respiratory therapist at Summa Rehab Hospital in Akron, Ohio, almost froze to death on Jan. 24 after collapsing in the hospital's parking lot, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, both based in Boston, are offering cancer patients the option to use virtual reality to visualize their treatments, according to STAT.

CMS has launched the "What's Covered" app to let Original Medicare patients and caregivers see whether Medicare covers a medical item or service.