amazing resource for every healthcare consumer
January 2, 2011
Good friends from Atlanta have just created a very important site for each and everyone of us. Take a look and USE http://www.patientsafetypartnership.org
Connecticut's A Haven For Doctors In Trouble
December 24, 2010
courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-physicians-discipline-1224-20101224,0,1572509.story Negligent Physicians Connecticut Medical Examining Board needs to toughen up December 24, 2010 What do you do if you’re a physician in Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York and
Link to public radio interview:Where We Live
December 22, 2010
http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/content/wnpr/where-we-live-dubious-docs
amazing new resource
December 13, 2010
www.empoweredpatientcoalition.org This powerful tool was written by patients for patients. It is what you need to know. Congratulations to Helen and Julia. They are long time friends and incredible activists.
Investigative Journalism will tackle health
December 9, 2010
www.c-hit.org As newspapers shrink in size, a very new and important effort is taking place in our state. This first issue looks at our medical examining board as well surgeons
when they say that errors are expected, which life is expendable?
November 28, 2010
Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals By DENISE GRADY Published: November 24, 2010 Recommend Twitter E-Mail Send To Phone Print Reprints ShareClose Linkedin Digg Mixx MySpace Yahoo! Buzz
Hospitals Take Aim At Costly Mistakes | Hartford Business
November 23, 2010
Hospitals Take Aim At Costly Mistakes | Hartford Business. Rexford quote at the end sums it all up
The public does care and paying attention
November 15, 2010
Look at the legs Pro-Public’s Dollars for Docs grew. They will be adding three more pharmaceutical companies to their data bank next year. The Pro-Publica Treasure Trove: Payments to Physicians
Genentech rebates: Eye$ wide open
November 5, 2010
Drugmaker Genentech’s new promotion to get eye doctors to use the expensive injectable drug Lucentis for macular degeneration offers rebates to top-prescribing practices based on bulk and rate of increased
Doctor Operates On Wrong Leg | New Haven Independent
November 3, 2010
I think we have to begin to name doctor’s names. wouldn’t you want to know that a surgeon had failed to follow protocol? Doctor Operates On Wrong Leg | New