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Repeated wrong-site surgeries? Let's go to the videotape!
Within the past two years, Rhode Island Hospital has seen five cases of wrong-site surgery, a serious situation that has gotten the facility in deep water with the state's Department of Health. The... Read more...
Another wrong-site surgery reported at Rhode Island Hospital
A wrong-site surgery that occurred at Rhode Island Hospital Oct. 22 is its fifth such botched case since 2007. Timothy Babineau, president of the Providence-based hospital, said an orthopedic surgeon... Read more...
CA hospitals disclose more than 1000 medical harm cases
California hospitals have made their first official disclosures of never events occurring in their facilities, a step required under a state law enacted in 2006. The disclosures, which cover the... Read more...
