Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Warning Issued on Alternative Hip Replacement Procedure
October 4, 2012NY TImes By BARRY MEIER Published: October 1, 2012 A major study released on Monday urged women to avoid an alternative hip replacement procedure known as “resurfacing” and also recommended
Westport Plastic Surgeon Again Cited By DPH
September 28, 2012C-HIT by Theresa Sullivan Barger | Sep 26, 2012 7:45 am – A Westport plastic surgeon who is on probation and was fined $29,000 last year faces further sanctions following
J&J Pushed Risperdal With Golf, Popcorn, Witness Says
September 27, 2012Bloomberg | By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk – Sep 25, 2012 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) promoted illegal marketing of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal by paying physicians to give
Connecticut Hospitals Don’t Make ‘Top Performer’ List
September 21, 2012C-Hit | by Lisa Chedekel | Sep 20, 2012 Connecticut is the only New England state—and one of just three nationally—to have no hospitals designated as “Top Performers” by The Joint
Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think?
September 19, 2012Newsweek Magazine | Sep 17, 2012 1:00 AM EDT | by Marty Makary A host of new studies examining the current state of health care indicates that approximately one in
Hospitals ‘Unaccountable,’ says surgeon in new book
September 18, 2012USA TODAY | 9/18/2012 |Kim Painter Most of us know how to comparison shop for a car, a home or the week’s groceries. But when it comes to picking hospitals
Study of U.S. Health Care System Finds Both Waste and Opportunity to Improve
September 11, 2012The New York Times By ANNIE LOWREY September 11, 2012 | WASHINGTON — The American medical system squanders 30 cents of every dollar spent on health care, according to new calculations
Patient safety advocate’s work recognized in US News & World Report
September 5, 2012Posted by Daniela Nuñez on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 in Hospital Acquired Infections | After the tragic and preventable death of her mother in August 2009, Mary Brennan-Taylor of Lockport,
Diagnostic Errors Found in 1 of 4 ICU Patient Deaths
August 30, 2012HealthLeaders Media | Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 28, 2012 As many as 40,500 American adults may die in hospital intensive care units each year because their critical care
Overtreatment Is Taking a Harmful Toll
August 29, 2012The New York Times | August 27, 2012, 2:37 pm | By TARA PARKER-POPE When it comes to medical care, many patients and doctors believe more is better. But an