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Author of New York Times series on medical radiation to speak at medical seminar
Thursday, July 15, 2010 � by jg
New York Times investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich will be part of a special symposium on “Medical Radiation and Patient Safety” at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting in Philadelphia.
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On John Stossel, and lawyers as ‘parasites’
Friday, July 9, 2010 � by scott
Only the naive believe corporations operate with the public good in mind. And it’s lawyers with access to the courts that keep them (somewhat) honest.
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Nursing homes hit with $670 million in damages for understaffing
Thursday, July 8, 2010 � by jg
Los Angeles Times: A Humboldt County jury ordered national nursing home chain Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. to pay $670 million in damages after finding the chain’s 22 assisted-living facilities in California were understaffed in violation of the state health code.
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New Medicare chief an extreme advocate of patient safety
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 � by jg
Washington Post: President Obama’s pick to head the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, has “pushed to see quality occupy roughly equal billing with cost and access.”
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Legislative panel supports radiation protection
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 � by eric
An Assembly committee approves Padilla measure on a bipartisan vote, but lobbyists for hospitals and radiologists warn that provisions could put scare in patients who can be helped. -
Las Vegas Sun finds 969 preventable injuries at local hospitals over two years
Monday, June 28, 2010 � by jg
A two-year investigation by reporters Marshall Allen and Alex Richards found Las Vegas hospitals averaged more than one incident a day of “preventable injuries, life-threatening infections or other harm.”
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Board drops ball on vetting nursing applicants
Monday, June 28, 2010 � by scott
Some 3,500 nurses who have been disciplined in other states have been licensed to nurse in California, including several hundred who have lost their licenses elsewhere.