Opponents, including hospital executives, argue that such mandates limit staffing flexibility and increase costs. The author, ...

Kimberly Westrich, MA, chief strategy officer at the National Pharmaceutical Council, discusses the importance of clearly defining the role of patient representatives on pharmacy-and-therapeutics and ...

March 26, 2025, marked a pivotal moment in the EU with the European Health Data Space Regulation, (EU) 2025/327 (“EHDS Regulation”), coming ...

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Burgess, who was recently a panelist at Abortion in America’s inaugural convening, is a fourth-year medical student in Texas and grew up in the state. When she was in middle school, she ...

Informed consent is an ethical principle in which a healthcare provider provides sufficient information about a person's diagnosis and all available treatments in terms and language the person can ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A patient had no support person with him when he was told he was dying of sepsis, after a series of failures and delays in providing potentially life-saving treatment at Auckland City Hospital.

In 2025, the top threats to patient safety reflect a mix of long-standing challenges and emerging risks, according to a new report from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

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The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns. By Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins Florida’s insurance ...

The legislation that oversees India’s tax system is the Income Tax Act of 1961. The definition of a “assessee” is one of the key ideas under this Act. Any person or organization that owes taxes or has ...