Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Rise of the Machines – TheFiscalTimes.com
April 19, 2010Rise of the Machines via Rise of the Machines – TheFiscalTimes.com.
RAND | News Release | Better Patient Safety Linked to Fewer Medical Malpractice Claims in California
April 15, 2010RAND | News Release | Better Patient Safety Linked to Fewer Medical Malpractice Claims in California.
Hospital infections problems persist
April 14, 2010But at many hospitals those successes have yet to overcome an entrenched medical culture.
Amazing discussion of patient safety
April 13, 2010The National Press Club discussion of patient safety can only lead to better coverage of the problems of medical error/adverse events. Please take the time to watch this program Dr.
Must see TV
April 11, 2010Frontline next Tuesday April 13th airs an hourlong first look at the battle over health care reform (check your local PBS listings). the documentary will focus attention on how special interests influenced
47th in the country – the land of steady habits
April 6, 2010Each year Public Citizen ranks the effectiveness of state medical examining boards. For two years in a row, CT has ranked 47th in the country in actions taken against doctors.
The info we need is very hard to find.
April 5, 2010Pfizer Posts Payments To Doctors Online Payments posted on web site As you might expect from Pfizer, the biggest firm in the sector some call Big Pharma, the numbers are
Saying they are doing the right thing is simply not enough
April 1, 2010I do not trust voluntary reporting – financial incentives are just too great. I think that hospitals and pharmaceutical companies convince themselves that they are doing the right thing –
Likely CMS Pick Berwick Has Big Ideas On Fixing U.S. Health Care Delivery – Kaiser Health News
March 31, 2010Likely CMS Pick Berwick Has Big Ideas On Fixing U.S. Health Care Delivery – Kaiser Health News.
More warnings on CT Scans
March 29, 2010And the agency has done little to assess whether the rapid proliferation of scans is in the best interests of patients, and whether the machines themselves properly protect patients or are beneficial for all of their now routine use.