Our Healthcare System Has High Rates of Preventable Care-associated Patient Injury and Death
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The last three posts have discussed the clear reasons that our healthcare system fails to improve health and reduce costs in patients with chronic disease. Let’s talk again about patients with heart artery disease as an example care-associated patient injury and death. If a patient has chest pain that is typical of angina and it is relieved by nitroglycerin, it makes sense to start them on optimal medical therapy (OMT). The only reason to do a heart catheterization is to see if a stent is appropriate and they are rarely needed in stable patients. When a heart catheterization is done, they must use a dye to outline the arteries.
Our Healthcare System Has High Rates of Preventable Care-associated Patient Injury and Death
Our Healthcare System Has High Rates of…
Our Healthcare System Has High Rates of Preventable Care-associated Patient Injury and Death
The last three posts have discussed the clear reasons that our healthcare system fails to improve health and reduce costs in patients with chronic disease. Let’s talk again about patients with heart artery disease as an example care-associated patient injury and death. If a patient has chest pain that is typical of angina and it is relieved by nitroglycerin, it makes sense to start them on optimal medical therapy (OMT). The only reason to do a heart catheterization is to see if a stent is appropriate and they are rarely needed in stable patients. When a heart catheterization is done, they must use a dye to outline the arteries.