By DENISE GRADY Efforts to make hospitals safer for patients are falling short, researchers report in the first large study in a decade to analyze harm from medical care and to track it ove...
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On Friday, the California Department of Public Health announced fines levied on 12 hospitals for serious medical errors that sometimes led to patient injuries or death, the Los Angeles Times r...
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California health officials are urging 87 hospitals that have not reported a serious medical error in more than three years to recheck their records, the Ventura County Star reports. A state...
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By Lisa Fernandez lfernandez@mercurynews.com Two doctors and a medical assistant have filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, claiming that more than...
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This is one of those things that is so obvious that you want to smack your head against the wall for not thinking of it first. Researchers in Munich, Germany have invented an indicator dye that ...
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Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:00 am | Comments PHOENIX - A special panel studying how to cut down on hospital infections that ...
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Not all physicians are well-qualified to practice medicine. And doctors who keep mum about their colleagues' incompetence have their own issues. By Valerie Ulene, Special to the Los Angeles Ti...
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Hospital infection deaths caused by ignorance and neglect, survey finds By N.C. Aizenman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 13, 2010; A03 Deadly yet easily preventable bloodstream inf...
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MDs OK @industry gifts Posted by medconsumers on July 19, 2010 One thing that adds to the inefficiency of our medical care system is the distorting influence of the pharmaceutical industry’s...
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Gathering Highlights Growth of National Nurses Movement More than 1,000 registered nurses from across the country rallied in Washington DC Wednesday, raising an unprecedented, unified voice fo...
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An Ohio Supreme Court ruling has limited a patient's opportunity to sue for medical malpractice based on where the treatment occurred and who was present for the treatment. In Theobald v. Unive...
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Physicians for a National Health Program April 29, 2010 Dear PNHP board members and activists, We're writing to call your attention to an extremely significant event in the Cleveland area, whic...
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Emma Hitt, PhD March 23, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Hospital-onset healthcare-facility-associated Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have increased in incidence and have surpassed methicill...
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California is one of the least likely states to take serious disciplinary action against physicians, according to a new study. But a new state regulation might soon change that. Starting in Ju...
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HEALTHCARE CEOS FOCUSING ON THE NOW Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010 Here's a statement that should get your attention: CEOs are less concerned about quality and patie...
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February 8, 2010 A nurse in Texas is standing trial for reporting a doctor she thought was practicing bad medicine. Prosecutors have charged 52-year-old Anne Mitchell with making inflammatory sta...
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Monday, December 21, 2009 3:12 AM By Suzanne Hoholik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH While you watch parades and football games on New Year's Day, you can fire up your computers and compare Ohio hospitals...
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To reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in stand-alone or same-day surgical centers, the HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $9 million in funding ...
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Patrick Malone Posted: October 29, 2009 04:04 PM The recent news about the two Northwest Airlines pilots whose licenses were revoked, less than a week after they let their plane wander 150 mile...
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October 1, 2009, 3:50 PM ET By Laura Landro Should hospitals start penalizing doctors and nurses who fail to follow patient safety rules? That’s one solution proposed by Peter Pronovost of J...
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PERKS POLICY FOR DOCTORS CHALLENGED Physician organization wants limits rolled back By Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe July 23, 2009 A growing number of hospitals, universities, and states are barri...
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SCHWARZENEGGER REPLACES MOST OF STATE NURSING BOARD by Tracy Weber - July 13, 2009 9:55 pm EDT Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Board of Registered Nursing, Nurses Californi...
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REFORM SHOULD MAKE IT EASY TO GET INFORMATION ON QUALITY August 2009 'I lay in my hospital bed watching my stomach turn black and purple and rot. It looked as if I had been snapped in half by a...
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Colorado Springs surgery tech suspected of exposing 5,700 to hepatitis C July 2, 2009 - 6:28 PM JOHN C. ENSSLIN AND BRIAN NEWSOME THE GAZETTE Federal officials Thursday warned that about 5,700 s...
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Retired Health Insurance Executive Blows the Whistle on His Former Industry By ALICE GOMSTYN ABC News Business Unit June 24, 2009 Frustrated Americans have long complained that their insurance c...
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