Recent Articles

Dennis Quaid Recounts Twins' Drug Ordeal

March 16, 2008
" Chances are you probably know someone who has died, or nearly died, because of medical mistakes in a hospital. It's much more common than most people realize, and if it can happen to the children of a movie star, at one of the finest hospitals in the country, it can happen to anyone. "—U.S. News: http://health.usnews.com

Study Finds Doctors Not Reporting Medical Mistakes

January 15, 2008
" Almost two-thirds of doctors say they are willing to report medical errors, but many of them just don't do it, a new study finds."—U.S. News: http://health.usnews.com

Doctors Unlikely to Report Peers Who Make Mistakes

December 6, 2007
"Nearly half of doctors may be more likely to protect their colleagues than their patients, according to a recent survey by researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)."—The Harvard Crimson: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521147

Organ Patients' Spread of HIV Probed

November 14, 2007
"Federal and local officials are investigating whether four Chicago patients who contracted HIV from organ transplants could have passed on the disease during the months when they were unaware of their infections, health officials said Tuesday."—The Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Doctor Who Reportedly Operated On West Had Previous Malpractice Suits

November 13, 2007
"The plastic surgeon who reportedly operated on rapper Kanye West's mother before she died faced two malpractice suits that ended in payouts and was arrested twice for driving under the influence, according to state records obtained Tuesday."—AP Features: http://www.consumeraffairs.com

A Framework for Health Care Organizations to Develop and Evaluate a Safety Scorecard

November, 2007
"The demand to improve patient safety is increasing within health care organizations. Boards of trustees have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure patient safety, and senior management is often charged with evaluating and improving patient safety. External agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Leapfrog Group, and the Joint Commission have developed measures to evaluate patient safety and quality of care."—JAMA- U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, AHRQ: http://psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=6230

Mistakes Hospitals Don't Want You to See

October 23, 2007
"Over the past year, hospitals in Washington left ‘foreign objects' in 36 surgery patients. And 21 people got surgery on the wrong body parts."—The Seattle Times: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com