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NewsMedical center will pay $250K to settle fatal medication error
Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died after receiving a "massive dose" of a blood thinning medication, reports ABC. Read more...
Patient death allegedly linked to California strike
Tensions surrounding the California hospital labor dispute just got even more heated, making headlines across the nation. A patient at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., died due to Read more...
AHA opposes penalty for medical mistakes
The American Hospital Association's President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock came out swinging in a recent USAToday editorial, opposing a health reform law provision that would financially penalize Read more...
Facilities designer: Medicare is 'the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time'
America is falling victim to the "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time," according to Marc Sauvé, senior healthcare strategist for Nashville, TN-based architecture firm Gresham, Smith and Read more...
Reform may include malpractice changes
While many a medical malpractice reform has withered on the vine in recent years, a group of Democratic lawmakers and their trial lawyer backers seem determined to open up the issue again. In a Read more...
NJ, PA hospital mistakes not being reported
While hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are supposed to be reporting serious mistakes, it appears that too often, they aren't doing so. That, at least, is the conclusion drawn by observers in Read more...
RI creates patient-safety organization
Rhode Island has passed legislation creating a patient-safety organization whose job it is will be to reduce preventable medical errors in the state. The PSO, which will function under the state's Read more...
Saying 'I'm sorry' grows more popular in med mal cases
Historically, in medical malpractice situations, attorneys have advised doctors and hospitals to deny that any medical error has been made--or even express any form of regret that a patient is Read more...
WellPoint stops paying for never events
Health insurer WellPoint has taken a stand that most other U.S. insurers are likely to follow: It has announced that it, in coming months, will no longer pay for care resulting from serious medical Read more...
Florida expands patient access to medical records
A Florida state Supreme Court decision has given patients access to medical error and incident reports prepared by providers, overturning legislation that had limited such access. As things stood in Read more...
| Press ReleasesRF Surgical Signs Three-Year Agreement with PremierBELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RF Surgical, Inc., the leader in prevention and detection of retained surgical items (RSI), today announced a three year agreement with the Premier healthcare Read more >> UNC Hospitals Chooses Radio Frequency Detection Technology to Prevent Retained Surgical Items in All Operating RoomsRF Assure System Improves Patient Safety System-wide BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in retained surgical items (RSI) detection, today announced the Read more >> Memorial University Medical Center Chooses Radio Frequency Detection Technology to Enhance Operating Room SafetyRF Assure System Helps Eliminate the Risk of Retained Surgical Items BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Memorial University Medical Center, an academic medical center serving southeast Georgia and Read more >> RF Surgical Announces Three-Year Agreement with NovationBELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RF Surgical, Inc., the leader in prevention and detection of retained surgical items (RSI), today announced a three-year agreement with Novation, the industry’s Read more >> Alta Bates Summit Medical Center: Error Leads to Patient Death in OaklandHospital Conducts Internal Investigation, Cooperates with Authorities OAKLAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A medical error by a nurse caused the death of an adult patient today at Alta Bates Summit Medical Read more >> |
