Project Puts Records in the Patients’ Hands
January 10, 2012
“The medical record is information that really belongs to the patient, but it’s treated like a classified document,” said Susan B. Frampton, president of Planetree, a nonprofit organization based in
Bring Health Care Home
January 10, 2012
Patients who are treated at home by a doctor and nursing staff who know them intimately and can be available 24/7 are happier and healthier. This kind of care decreases
Conn. Law Nixing Legitimate Malpractice Lawsuits
January 9, 2012
…Despite the serious allegations, Votre was never able to get her case before a jury. A judge dismissed her lawsuit based on a technicality added to the state’s medical malpractice
Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported
January 6, 2012
New York Times, By ROBERT PEAR, Published: January 6, 2012 WASHINGTON — Hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents and other events that harm Medicare
F.D.A. Orders Surgical Mesh Makers to Study Risks
January 5, 2012
The New York Times, By BARRY MEIER, Published: January 4, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration issued an order on Wednesday requiring makers of implantable surgical mesh used to treat
Clostridium difficile puts hospitalists to the test
December 23, 2011
At 480-bed Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, the physicians and staff seemingly are doing all the right things to foil one of hospital’s archenemies: Clostridium difficile. The bacteria, better
Westport Plastic Surgeon Fined $25,000
December 21, 2011
A Westport plastic surgeon was fined $25,000 by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Tuesday for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping and rusty and dirty equipment.
Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems
December 19, 2011
Buried deep in a federal database is Practitioner No. 222117, perhaps the most frequently disciplined doctor in America. This doctor has been accused of violating drug laws, prescribing unauthorized medications,
Bill Would Require More Monitoring of Implants
December 16, 2011
Amid growing problems with artificial hips and other medical implants, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to track the performance of such products
Dr. Don Berwick’s 5 principles for change in healthcare
December 15, 2011
Berwick outlined five principles to guide change in health care: Put the patient first. Among those, put the poor and disadvantaged first, “those in the beginning, the end, and the