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
6 tips for staying safe in the hospital
July 15, 2012
ConsumerReports.Org | Jul 12, 2012 3:30 PM At least 180,000 people a year die in the hospital each year in part because of medical harm, and another 1.4 million are
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
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
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
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
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
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
In Documents on Pain Drug, Signs of Doubt and Deception
June 25, 2012
By KATIE THOMAS Published: June 24, 2012 – A research director for Pfizer was positively buoyant after reading that an important medical conference had just featured a study claiming that
Two Doctors’ Licenses Revoked, Three Suspended
June 20, 2012
by Theresa Sullivan Barger | Jun 19, 2012 8:30 pm An East Hartford doctor facing charges of sexually assaulting a patient had his medical license revoked and a Glastonbury doctor