Category Archives: Headline of the Day

ABC News Investigates Top Doctor Awards: Are They Always Well Deserved?

July 17, 2012

ABC News;  By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK (@DrMarkABC) , CHRIS CUOMO (@ChrisCuomo) , GERRY WAGSCHAL, JOSEPH RHEE and KRISTINA DOYTCHINOVA |  July 14, 2012 |   One of 2012’s America’s “Top Dentists”

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CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, July 12, 2012: Herman Cole

July 17, 2012

Thursday, July 12, 2012 – People who are wrongfully injured – and the families of those who have died – are the forgotten faces in the debate over the civil

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The Boy Who Wanted to Fly

July 17, 2012

The New York Times;  By MAUREEN DOWD;  Published: July 14, 2012.  RORY STAUNTON was always looking up.  As soon as he could walk, he wanted to fly. The exuberant freckle-faced redhead

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Medical Malpractice Payments Sunk to Record Low in 2011

July 16, 2012

July 11, 2012 – PublicCitizen –  SKYROCKETING HEALTHCARE COSTS AND RAMPANT MEDICAL ERRORS DISCREDIT THE PROMISES PUT FORTH BY ADVOCATES OF TORT REFORM By almost any measure, medical malpractice payments

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Big Pharma’s Big Fines

July 7, 2012

by Lena Groeger | ProPublica, July 3, 10 a.m. On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that drug company GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay a $3 billion fine, the largest health

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How safe is your hospital?

July 7, 2012

Consumer Reports magazine: August 2012 | Our new Ratings find that some are riskier than others Hospitals should be places you go to get better, but too often the opposite

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GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion

July 3, 2012

By David Ingram | Reuters – Mon, Jul 2, 2012 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle

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The US Senate listens to Patient Safety Concerns

July 3, 2012

On July 2nd, Jean Rexford, CTCPS Executive Director was in Hartford to testify at the US Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Next Steps for Patient Safety: Assuring High

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Health Care Law Stands: What It Means For CT And You

June 29, 2012

by Magaly Olivero | Jun 28, 2012 11:30 am The U.S. Supreme Court decision today upholding the constitutionality of the nation’s health reform law bodes well for Connecticut, where the

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Drug-Resistant Germ In Rhode Island Hospital Raises Worries

June 26, 2012

A highly resistant form of a common bacterium recently popped up in two Rhode Island patients, only the 12th and 13th times it has been spotted in this country. And

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