More warnings on CT Scans
March 29, 2010
And the agency has done little to assess whether the rapid proliferation of scans is in the best interests of patients, and whether the machines themselves properly protect patients or are beneficial for all of their now routine use.
away for a week
March 22, 2010
when I get back we can begin to present what is in the bill for the health care consumer – what will improve quality of care of all of us.
Transparency and Public Reporting Are Essential for a Safe Health Care System – The Commonwealth Fund
March 18, 2010
What will it take to motivate hospitals to do what we know works to make health care safer?
Op ed in Hearst newspapers March 2010
March 17, 2010
By Brenda Kelley and Jean Rexford The effort to bring greater transparency and accountability to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries is about more than just a free lunch. It’s about
Doesn't look like much but it was
March 16, 2010
We all thought that when our legisltion was passed in 2006 that hospital specific reporting was required. Suddenly, right before Christmas, despite two lawyers agreeing with our reading of the law,
GOOZNEWS
March 13, 2010
For comprehensive health information, visit this web site. And this isn’t even his “job” There are impressive articles and links to the latest and most comprehensive health news….not media and
Death by Hierarchy
March 9, 2010
Once, during a surgery, I was administering anesthesia and I could see the patient was developing the classic signs of a life threatening allergic reaction. I said to the surgeon, “I think this is a latex allergy, please go change your gloves.” “It’s not!” he insisted, refusing. So I said, “Help me understand how you’re seeing this. If I’m wrong, all I am is wrong. But if you’re wrong, you’ll kill the patient.” All communication broke down. I couldn’t let the patient die because the surgeon and I weren’t connecting.
Lots of editorial support for transparency in adverse event reporting
March 8, 2010
courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-medical-mistakes-must-be-rep.artmar08,0,657785.story and in the Connecticut Post on Sunday “Any bill that gives Connecticut residents clearer information about mistakes made in patient care at hospitals and surgical centers is one that
New study -93 % of adverse events went unreported
March 7, 2010
You need to read the full report. http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/ reports/oei-06-08-00221.pdf reviewed hospitals did not generate incident reports for 93 percent of the events, including some of the most serious events involving
Truth to power – a day of frustration
March 3, 2010
March 1 was a long day at our capitol Public health heard 21 bills and our bills – adverse event hospital specific reporting and pharma gift restriction and disclosure –