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Study: PA hospital death rates for heart-bypass surgery hit new low

September 18, 2008 — 11:56am ET | By Anne Zieger
New research from a state group has concluded that the in-hospital death rate for heart-bypass surgery patients in Pennsylvania hit its lowest level in more than a decade during 2006. Bypass patient... Read more...

Death rates spike in Sacramento County EDs

September 3, 2008 — 1:02pm ET | By Anne Zieger
It's a fact of life that people die in emergency departments, of course. But in Sacramento County, CA, it seems they're dying at higher rates than in virtually any other county in the state.... Read more...

U.S. seeks to throw out suit against VA hospital

July 22, 2008 — 11:59pm ET | By Anne Zieger
The federal government is attempting to get a federal judge to throw out one of a pair of lawsuits filed by Kentucky women claiming that their husbands were killed by improper surgical care at a... Read more...