Posthospital Syndrome

Posthospital syndrome is a term used to describe the vulnerability of a patient to a wide range of conditions after having spent any time in a hospital. What this means, is that instead of everyone coming out healthier, many come out in similar or worse shape than before. As William Osler, MD once said, “The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.”

Three decades ago, hospitals routinely kept patients for as long as their condition necessitated them to be there and receive care. In the 1980s, insurance companies stepped in and …read more