Press conference March 1, 2010
February 28, 2010
At 11 am we kick off a public health hearing with a press conference with the Attorney General. We are offering simple solutions to complex problems. Restricting pharmaceutical gifts to
Is shame possible? Adverse events/ hospital specific reporting required
February 24, 2010
Recently the lobbyist for the hospitals said he was surprised that I had suggested that shame worked. He thought I was a better person than that. Good grief ….we have
adverse event reporting – one of our legislative initiatives in 2010
February 17, 2010
The time has come for ending a culture of secrecy.
Family had to call 911 to get help and they called from a healthcare facility
February 12, 2010
¶In May 2008, inspectors in Ohio reported that family members of a patient at a Select hospital in Cincinnati had called 911 — from inside the hospital — at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 to complain “that they couldn’t get any nurses or doctors to help the patient,” who had been short of breath for more than an hour. The patient’s condition continued to worsen, but no doctor affiliated with Select Specialty arrived, according to the medical records.
They need to name a new disorder – one that reflects their blindness to conflicts of interest.
February 11, 2010
DSM-V — Conflicts of Interest Still Rife by GoozNews ~ 10 Feb 2010 10:16am Addendum: By drilling down on the separate website set up by the American Psychiatric Association, one
Hospital Acquired Infection -John Murtha
February 9, 2010
Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, who just Saturday became Pennsylvania’s longest serving member of Congress, died Monday at a Virginia hospital from an infection relating to a recent surgery. I
Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor
February 8, 2010
“How can this be? You can’t go to prison for doing the right thing?”
What if we called hospital infections terrorists?
February 5, 2010
Jon Stewart makes a great point…says they might even be scarier than terrorists. See the entire interview with Atul Gawande http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-3-2010/atul-gawande
CDC supports hospital infection transparency
February 3, 2010
Congratulations to Consumers Union and activists across the country. Now we need to get all of our hospitals to work aggressively to deal with the problems. People simply should not