Category Archives: Patient Safety Activism
Hospitals ‘Unaccountable,’ says surgeon in new book
September 18, 2012USA TODAY | 9/18/2012 |Kim Painter Most of us know how to comparison shop for a car, a home or the week’s groceries. But when it comes to picking hospitals
Patient safety advocate’s work recognized in US News & World Report
September 5, 2012Posted by Daniela Nuñez on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 in Hospital Acquired Infections | After the tragic and preventable death of her mother in August 2009, Mary Brennan-Taylor of Lockport,
Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones
August 10, 2012Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones: A Report on NYS Hospital Visiting Policies and How Patient-Centered Approaches Can Promote Wellness and Safer Healthcare is a report that reviews and
Two Arms, Two Choices: If Only I’d Known Then What I Know Now
August 8, 2012By Kerry O’Connell Disabled by faulty arm surgery and harmed by a hospital-acquired infection, a patient wishes he’d been better informed. I sat in an orthopedic surgeon’s office in Golden,
Bring about change – share your story
August 6, 2012Marshall Allen, a ProPublica reporter is asking for everyone’s help. Bring about change – share your story Please help ProPublica and other journalists shine a light on the problem of
CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, July 12, 2012: Herman Cole
July 17, 2012Thursday, July 12, 2012 – People who are wrongfully injured – and the families of those who have died – are the forgotten faces in the debate over the civil
6 tips for staying safe in the hospital
July 15, 2012ConsumerReports.Org | Jul 12, 2012 3:30 PM At least 180,000 people a year die in the hospital each year in part because of medical harm, and another 1.4 million are
The US Senate listens to Patient Safety Concerns
July 3, 2012On July 2nd, Jean Rexford, CTCPS Executive Director was in Hartford to testify at the US Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Next Steps for Patient Safety: Assuring High
Real People, Real Medical Device Stories
June 19, 2012Posted by Daniela Nuñez in Drugs & Medical Devices, Medical Device Safety | Consumers Union | SafePatientProject.org Hundreds of people have shared their medical device stories with us since the
Helen Haskell on Tracking Medical Errors: How We Err When Counting the Casualties of Medical Care
June 16, 2012By William Heisel June 15, 2012 We will not be able to effectively prevent medical harm until we have a better handle on just how much harm there is. The