Doctors Admit Lying to Patients
February 13, 2012
by Pat Anson on February 11, 2012 – Two national surveys of doctors in the U.S. have uncovered shocking admissions that many physicians lie to their patients, withhold information about
Hospital Infection Rates Now on Medicare Website
February 2, 2012
NationalJournal by Margot Sanger-Katz Updated: February 1, 2012 | 2:48 p.m – Hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of death in this country, with estimates of the death toll nearing 100,000 lives
Safe To Be Sick
January 31, 2012
National Journal By Maggie Fox Updated: January 26, 2012 | 10:25 a.m. – Thousands of people die every year from infections they get at a hospital. With prodding from the
Hospital Errors Persist, State Probes Rare
January 30, 2012
by Lisa Chedekel – Jan 29, 2012 9:00 pm – Incidents of pressure ulcers, wrong-site surgeries and other surgical errors reported by Connecticut hospitals have increased in the last five
Dangerous infections are more likely in pediatric intensive-care units
January 27, 2012
But hospitals and parents can take steps to prevent them, our investigation found. Having a child in intensive care is scary enough without the added worry of deadly hospital-acquired infections.
Danger in delivery: Despite technology, U.S. trails entire western world in saving mothers
January 25, 2012
Women in the United States are more likely to die during or shortly after childbirth than women in nearly all countries in Europe and many in Asia and the Middle
The Money Traps in U.S. Health Care
January 23, 2012
Why does an appendectomy in Germany cost roughly a quarter what it costs in the United States? Or an M.R.I. scan cost less than a third as much, on average,
Blumenthal Sponsors Bill To Protect Patients From Unsafe Medical Devices
January 19, 2012
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has joined two other senators introducing legislation designed to protect patients from unsafe medical devices without derailing the current fast-tracking system of medical device approvals. Read
U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
January 17, 2012
To 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, 2012
A 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,