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Medical center will pay $250K to settle fatal medication error
Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died after receiving a "massive dose" of a blood thinning medication, reports ABC.
Patient death allegedly linked to California strike
Tensions surrounding the California hospital labor dispute just got even more heated, making headlines across the nation. A patient at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., died due to
AHA opposes penalty for medical mistakes
The American Hospital Association's President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock came out swinging in a recent USAToday editorial, opposing a health reform law provision that would financially penalize
Protect physicians, patients with a plan to fight burnout
With life-or-death decisions at the heart of what they do, not to mention the myriad other pressures mounting on their profession, physicians are particularly susceptible to burnout. People who
Facilities designer: Medicare is 'the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time'
America is falling victim to the "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time," according to Marc Sauvé, senior healthcare strategist for Nashville, TN-based architecture firm Gresham, Smith and
Reform may include malpractice changes
While many a medical malpractice reform has withered on the vine in recent years, a group of Democratic lawmakers and their trial lawyer backers seem determined to open up the issue again. In a
NJ, PA hospital mistakes not being reported
While hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are supposed to be reporting serious mistakes, it appears that too often, they aren't doing so. That, at least, is the conclusion drawn by observers in
RI creates patient-safety organization
Rhode Island has passed legislation creating a patient-safety organization whose job it is will be to reduce preventable medical errors in the state. The PSO, which will function under the state's
Saying 'I'm sorry' grows more popular in med mal cases
Historically, in medical malpractice situations, attorneys have advised doctors and hospitals to deny that any medical error has been made--or even express any form of regret that a patient is
WellPoint stops paying for never events
Health insurer WellPoint has taken a stand that most other U.S. insurers are likely to follow: It has announced that it, in coming months, will no longer pay for care resulting from serious medical
