Special Editions Archive

Like many Americans, my life has been radically altered by the opioid crisis. More than a decade ago, a family member was prescribed 50 pills of OxyContin for a relatively...

To prevent the next patient from getting hooked on opioids, let’s first consider what helped cause the national epidemic to spiral out of control. It wasn’t surgeons passing...

Hope for the Future; Diversity challenges are real, but we can overcome them.

Next Steps; If you're committed to becoming more diverse and inclusive, here are a few places to get help.

9 Tips for Negotiating Language Barriers; For moral, legal and financial reasons, we must do better. Here's advice on how.

A Better Way to Care for Autistic Patients; This protocol makes care easier on and better for patients, families and providers.

Is Your Facility Disability Friendly? Take steps to ensure disabled patients and staff have comfortable access to every room.

It's Time to Embrace Healthcare Diversity; Diversity is not just an important moral issue - it's an existential economic one.

Make Your Facility More Inclusive; Tips to help you navigate the landscape of sexual orientation and gender identification.

Fighting the Incivility War; Teaching and requiring respectful behavior improve staff morale, patient safety and the bottom line.