Get Well Sooner? A Healthier Roommate Could Help

Your speed of recovery in a hospital is related to many things. Among them is one you might not consider: the condition of your roommate. A recent study published in the American Journal of Health Economics found that hospital patients who are assigned healthier roommates require less care and are discharged more rapidly, with no

Consumer Watch: Personal health tips for any hospital visit

Article courtesy of Ellen Phillips for the Times Free Press. Consumer Watch’s May 5 column centered on finding good docs and the best practices. Since that time, I, my husband and a couple of friends entered the hospital for surgeries that didn’t necessarily end very pleasantly. (Note: Parkridge was not the guilty facility.) To avoid any