great editorial on our legislation
July 19, 2010
Courant.com Hospital Transparency: A Victory For Patient Safety ‘Adverse Events’ Requiring hospitals to publicly report medical mistakes is progress July 11, 2010 Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed into law
Outrageous Republican self serving and short sighted
June 23, 2010
The New York Times on Dr. Donald Berwick, the president’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): “Hospital executives who have worked with Dr. Berwick describe
Small changes can be monumental
June 19, 2010
The Prescription Access Litigation project at Community Catalyst is submitting comments in support of five new standards for describing the risks associated with prescription drugs in tv or radio ads.
New survey – overtreatment
June 14, 2010
A new survey is being launched on Monday, June 14, 2010 for patients to share their experience of overtreatment, an emerging quality and patient safety issue in health care today.
Show me the science – please
June 13, 2010
Serving as a member of this board has been an eye opening experience. On Thursday, the board voted that chiropractors are not required to inform patients that cervical spine manipulation
Lax practices at same day surgical centers
June 9, 2010
A new federal study finds that same day surgical centers have serious problems with infection control. Failure to wash hands. wear gloves and clean equipment were widespread. The study found
Smiths sue St. Francis Hospital – Courant.com
June 7, 2010
Smiths sue St. Francis Hospital – Courant.com.
Do Not Go to the Hospital in July
June 7, 2010
Green dictirs may account for a one month national blip in death rates in our nation’s hospitals. Month to month, over the last several decades, deaths attributable to errors in
supplements under scrutiny…buyer beware
June 2, 2010
Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants By GARDINER HARRIS Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some
we know marketing effects us – so clearly it effects docs
May 26, 2010
What I really do not understand since prescribing medictions is such a big part of a physicians job – why they do not do it better. Many doctors say it