Category Archives: Headline of the Day
U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
January 17, 2012To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and
Cromwell, Milford Nursing Homes Among Six Penalized By DPH
January 17, 2012A Cromwell nursing home faces a fine from the state Department of Public Health for failing to properly monitor the food and fluid intake of a resident whose weight plummeted,
Bring Health Care Home
January 10, 2012Patients who are treated at home by a doctor and nursing staff who know them intimately and can be available 24/7 are happier and healthier. This kind of care decreases
Conn. Law Nixing Legitimate Malpractice Lawsuits
January 9, 2012…Despite the serious allegations, Votre was never able to get her case before a jury. A judge dismissed her lawsuit based on a technicality added to the state’s medical malpractice
Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported
January 6, 2012New York Times, By ROBERT PEAR, Published: January 6, 2012 WASHINGTON — Hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents and other events that harm Medicare
F.D.A. Orders Surgical Mesh Makers to Study Risks
January 5, 2012The New York Times, By BARRY MEIER, Published: January 4, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration issued an order on Wednesday requiring makers of implantable surgical mesh used to treat
Clostridium difficile puts hospitalists to the test
December 23, 2011At 480-bed Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, the physicians and staff seemingly are doing all the right things to foil one of hospital’s archenemies: Clostridium difficile. The bacteria, better
Westport Plastic Surgeon Fined $25,000
December 21, 2011A Westport plastic surgeon was fined $25,000 by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Tuesday for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping and rusty and dirty equipment.
Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems
December 19, 2011Buried deep in a federal database is Practitioner No. 222117, perhaps the most frequently disciplined doctor in America. This doctor has been accused of violating drug laws, prescribing unauthorized medications,
Bill Would Require More Monitoring of Implants
December 16, 2011Amid growing problems with artificial hips and other medical implants, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to track the performance of such products