Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Yes, there will still be a free lunch in Connecticut
February 23, 2010adding new excerpt
adverse event reporting – one of our legislative initiatives in 2010
February 17, 2010The time has come for ending a culture of secrecy.
Family had to call 911 to get help and they called from a healthcare facility
February 12, 2010¶In May 2008, inspectors in Ohio reported that family members of a patient at a Select hospital in Cincinnati had called 911 — from inside the hospital — at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 to complain “that they couldn’t get any nurses or doctors to help the patient,” who had been short of breath for more than an hour. The patient’s condition continued to worsen, but no doctor affiliated with Select Specialty arrived, according to the medical records.
They need to name a new disorder – one that reflects their blindness to conflicts of interest.
February 11, 2010DSM-V — Conflicts of Interest Still Rife by GoozNews ~ 10 Feb 2010 10:16am Addendum: By drilling down on the separate website set up by the American Psychiatric Association, one
Hospital Acquired Infection -John Murtha
February 9, 2010Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, who just Saturday became Pennsylvania’s longest serving member of Congress, died Monday at a Virginia hospital from an infection relating to a recent surgery. I
Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor
February 8, 2010“How can this be? You can’t go to prison for doing the right thing?”
What if we called hospital infections terrorists?
February 5, 2010Jon Stewart makes a great point…says they might even be scarier than terrorists. See the entire interview with Atul Gawande http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-3-2010/atul-gawande
CDC supports hospital infection transparency
February 3, 2010Congratulations to Consumers Union and activists across the country. Now we need to get all of our hospitals to work aggressively to deal with the problems. People simply should not
You Have to Wonder
February 2, 2010I was on line early this morning and checking the Smith Nephew, DePuy, Zimmer and Stryker websites. These are medical device makers – like knees, hips – and due to
William D Tyra III
January 31, 2010William D. Tyra III TYRA William D. Tyra III, Col., USMC (Ret.), nickname “Jato,” age 58 of Trumbull, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at St. Vincent Medical Center.