There have been several attempts by Congress over the years to pass a formal Patient's Bill of Rights. The intention has generally been to protect many basic rights of Americans when it comes to ...

Spring Hill Republican Rep. Jeff Holcomb is pushing to expand patient rights for unvaccinated Florida residents.

One in every 10 patients experience harm in healthcare, and about 50% of harms are preventable, according to an April 18 news release from WHO. The Patient Safety Rights Charter is the first to ...

Under the terms of the pending federal "patients' bill of rights" legislation, new avenues for persons to sue health plans would be created and medical malpractice exposure for physicians would ...

Following a report by Kwame Holman, Shields and Gigot discuss the Senate debate over a patients' bill of rights in addition to the president's foreign policy and the 2002 elections. The Senators came ...

PROVIDENCE — The problems at the state's "last resort" hospital for medical and psychiatric patients are so serious, a disability-rights organization says it is urging Gov. Dan McKee to change course ...

In an effort to help remove perceived obstacles, federal regulators have issued new guidance clarifying patients' rights under HIPAA to access their health information, including certain data ...

The Alaska Legislature delegated the state’s responsibility of protecting psychiatric patients with a disability during the grievance process. The Legislature in 1992 put the owners of psychiatric ...

As a nurse practitioner, I have attended many patients in a variety of clinical settings — but I had never been a patient in a skilled nursing facility. I recently had a knee replacement and was ...