Entries by Nick Abramson

Time Change and Medical Errors

September 25, 2020 in /by

A recent article published in The New York Times discusses a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine which examines the link between time change and medical errors. The study’s lead author Dr. Bhanu Prakash Kolla is a professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Researchers utilized voluntarily reported, patient safety-related […]

Advanced Brain Imaging Technology May Provide Doctors More Time to Treat Strokes

September 11, 2018 in /by

New research indicates that doctors may have more time to effectively respond to ischemic strokes. Strokes represent the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, killing 142,142 people in 2016. Approximately 85% of the 800,000 people that suffer strokes every year experience an ischemic stroke. Two studies recently published in the New England […]