With Hospital Mistakes Steady, Room For Improvement
January 16, 2013
January 14, 2013 | Hartford Courant | Annual report shows ‘adverse events’ rate hasn’t changed. At least since 1999, when an Institute of Medicine report called “To Err Is Human”
State Hospitals Face 2nd Highest Rate Of Federal Penalties Nationwide
January 15, 2013
C-Hit | By: Lisa Chedekel | January 14, 2013 Connecticut fared second-worst in the country in the percentage of hospitals hit with federal penalties for selected quality-of-care measures and in
Post-Hospital Syndrome — An Acquired, Transient Condition of Generalized Risk
January 11, 2013
By Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D. | N Engl J Med 2013 | To promote successful recovery after a hospitalization, health care professionals often focus on issues related to the acute
Cuomo Plans New Rules in Fight Against Sepsis
January 9, 2013
By JIM DWYER Published: January 7, 2013 Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will announce in his State of the State Message this week that every hospital in New York must adopt
Doctors, Hospitals Nationwide Adding Fees To Medical Bills
January 7, 2013
November 15, 2012 | Reporting Al Sunshine MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Hospitals and doctors offices across the country are tacking extra fees onto your bill. Doug Rischbieter booked his appointment six weeks
Surgical Errors Climb, Bed Sores Decline In State’s Hospitals
January 2, 2013
Connecticut Health I-Team By: Lisa Chedekel | December 25, 2012 – Reports of wrong-site surgeries increased 62 percent in the past year in Connecticut hospitals, while the number of patient
Let’s Gang Up on Killer Bugs
December 29, 2012
NY Times By CARL F. NATHAN Published: December 9, 2012 – I hope you never have this experience: a loved one is hospitalized. Her doctors tell you her infection is
Dirty medical needles put tens of thousands at risk in USA
December 28, 2012
TheLeafChronicle.com, Dec 28, 2012 by Peter Eisler, USA TODAY Note: A previous version had an incorrect time reference regarding the first use of disposable syringes. When seven people arrived at a
Malpractice Study: Surgical ‘Never Events’ Occur at Least 4,000 Times Per Year in U.S.
December 28, 2012
Dec. 19, 2012 — After a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign
N.Y.U. and Other Medical Schools Offer Shorter Course in Training, for Less Tuition
December 28, 2012
The NY Times By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Published: December 23, 2012 – Training to become a doctor takes so long that just the time invested has become, to many, emblematic of the