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Pacientes sin nombre: cuando el personal del hospital tiene que ser detective

By Susan Abram and Heidi de Marco May 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El personal del hospital debe investigar cuando un paciente sin identificación llega para recibir atención. Un periplo que puede llevar a revelaciones sorprendentes.

Jóvenes con adicciones aprenden a estar sobrios en una escuela secundaria especial

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En Interagency at Queen Anne, en Seattle, jóvenes logran mantenerse sobrios, a la vez que se impulsan sus estudios académicos.

‘John Doe’ Patients Sometimes Force Hospital Staff To Play Detective

By Susan Abram and Heidi de Marco May 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A large public hospital in Los Angeles gets over 1,000 unidentified patients a year. Most are quickly identified, but some require considerable gumshoe work — a task that can be complicated by medical privacy laws.

The Collapse Of A Hospital Empire — And Towns Left In The Wreckage

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Lauren Weber Photos by Heidi de Marco August 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Jorge A. Perez and his management company, EmpowerHMS, helped run an empire of rural hospitals. Now, in a staggering implosion, 12 of them have entered bankruptcy and eight have closed their doors, leaving hundreds of residents without jobs and their communities without lifesaving emergency medical care. So, what happened?

¿Cómo combatir las aterradoras súper bacterias? Cooperación y un jabón especial

By Anna Gorman April 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En los Estados Unidos, cada año, al menos dos millones de personas se infectan con bacterias resistentes a los antibióticos, y unas 23,000 mueren por esas infecciones. La clave de prevención puede ser simple.

‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhus and hepatitis A are resurging in California and around the country, particularly among homeless populations. Public health officials warn that such diseases could spread broadly.

Enfermedades “medievales” resurgen por el aumento de la población sin techo

By Anna Gorman March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El hacinamiento, la falta de higiene y la crisis de vivienda son una combinación explosiva para el resurgimiento de enfermedades como el tifus o la hepatitis A.

How To Fight ‘Scary’ Superbugs? Cooperation — And A Special Soap

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco April 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois hope that regional cooperation — and a special soap — will help them gain the upper hand against deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

She Was Dancing On The Roof And Talking Gibberish. A Special Kind Of ER Helped Her.

By Photos by Heidi de Marco March 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

With mental health beds in short supply, emergency rooms increasingly have become the care of first and last resort for people in the grips of a psychiatric episode. Now, hospitals around the country are opening emergency units that calmly cater to patients with mental health needs.

Amputaciones diabéticas: una “métrica vergonzosa” de la atención inadecuada

By Anna Gorman May 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Aunque el pronóstico de la diabetes se ha vuelto menos grave para las personas que reciben atención médica, para los que no, la condición muchas veces lleva a amputaciones que podrían prevenirse.

Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices

By Christina Jewett Photos by Heidi de Marco March 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and malfunctions outside a widely scrutinized public database, leaving doctors and medical sleuths in the dark.

When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker

By Sydney Lupkin Photos by Heidi de Marco January 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to inspect all factories, foreign and domestic, that produce drugs for the U.S. market. But a KHN review of thousands of FDA documents — inspection records, recalls, warning letters and lawsuits — reveals how drugs that are poorly manufactured or contaminated can reach consumers.

Coverage Denied: Medicaid Patients Suffer As Layers Of Private Companies Profit

By Chad Terhune Photos by Heidi de Marco January 3, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Managed-care plans, which reap billions in taxpayer dollars to coordinate care for low-income Americans on Medicaid, outsource crucial treatment decisions to subcontractors that aren’t directly accountable to the government. In California, health officials say one firm improperly withheld or delayed care for hundreds of people.

California Clinic Screens Asylum Seekers For Honesty

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco July 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As new federal policies make it harder to gain asylum in the U.S., foreign applicants try to improve their chances by having doctors evaluate their conditions — perhaps bolstering their stories of torture and violent persecution back home.

The Other Victims: First Responders To Horrific Disasters Often Suffer In Solitude

By Heidi de Marco July 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some firefighters, emergency medical providers and law enforcement officers say recent mass shootings and other calamities — disturbing enough in themselves — have brought to the surface trauma buried over years on the job. Many are reluctant to seek help, though some employers are trying to change that.

En California, médicos acusados de conducta sexual inapropiada a menudo tienen una segunda oportunidad

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan December 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Muy pocos casos de médicos sospechados de conducta sexual inapropiada en el estado terminan en acusaciones formales o en revocación de licencias.

Insured But Still In Debt: 5 Jobs Pulling In $100K A Year No Match For Medical Bills

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco December 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

An Arizona couple played by the rules and bought employer-provided health insurance. But after they had a baby this year, their out-of-pocket hospital costs and doctors’ bills climbed to more than $12,000 — and medical debt now threatens their new family.

Outsiders Swoop In Vowing To Rescue Rural Hospitals Short On Hope — And Money

By Photos by Heidi de Marco June 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The community of Surprise Valley, Calif., wrestled with the idea of selling its tiny, long-cherished hospital to a Denver entrepreneur who sees a big future in lab tests for faraway patients. Last summer, another exec had a similar idea but left town.

As Billions In Tax Dollars Flow To Private Medicaid Plans, Who’s Minding The Store?

By Chad Terhune Photos by Heidi de Marco October 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Insurance companies profit from government contracts but are subject to little oversight of how they spend the money or care for patients. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has only exacerbated the problem.

In California, Doctors Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Often Get Second Chances

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan December 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The state medical board grants probation in more than a third of cases, a KHN analysis found. Even as other institutions adapt to lessons of the #MeToo movement, the board plans no significant changes, saying it has always prioritized discipline for sexual misconduct.

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