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Why the nurses' strike isn't just a California problem
The troubles that plague California hospitals may have organizations elsewhere thanking their lucky stars that they aren't facing strikes (or a similar patient death due to a medical error attracting
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
Five Oregon State Hospital employees get slap on wrist for patient death
After an internal human resources investigation uncovered lapses in care that led to the death of a patient, Oregon State Hospital (OSH) sent five longtime employees letters of reprimand, a
Maine hospital 'commended' for admitting mistake in patient's death
While a Maine hospital was commended by a member of the state's Department of Health and Human Services for going public about the death of a patient who accidentally was administered a drug
Hospital patient dies in waiting room due to policy violations
A new report concludes that a patient died in the waiting room of a Pennsylvania hospital, unnoticed for more than 40 minutes after he died, because the hospital committed numerous violations of
Feds indict Synthes over off-label promotions
In recent years, orthopedic product maker Synthes Inc. chose a carefully-selected panel of surgeons and paid for them to attend training sessions on its new bone-mending cement. The cement, Norian
Daughter of woman who died in NY waiting room sues for $25M
The daughter of the woman who died, ignored, in a New York public hospital's waiting room is suing the city for $25 million over her mother's death. Esmin Elizabeth Green, 49, had been brought to
