Category Archives: Patient Safety Activism
Report: J&J To Stop Selling Controversial Vaginal Mesh Implants
June 6, 2012Pharmalot reports that drug maker Johnson & Johnson will halt sales of several vaginal mesh implants that have been the subject of lawsuits in which women charge that the devices
Senate Passes FDA Safety And Innovation Act
May 29, 2012Bill Makes Some Improvements to Medical Device Oversight But Important Patient Safety Protections Still Missing WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate approved the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
Drug Data Shouldn’t Be Secret
April 12, 2012By PETER DOSHI and TOM JEFFERSON Published: April 10, 2012 The New York Times – IN the fall of 2009, at the height of fears over swine flu, our research
New Book: Mammography Screening—truth, lies and controversy
April 8, 2012Posted by medconsumers on March 31, 2012 – What happens when a popular cancer screening technology is found to be far more harmful than lifesaving? When the finding becomes clear decades
CR Investigates: Dangerous medical devices
March 28, 2012Tens of millions of Americans live with medical devices implanted in their bodies—artificial joints, heart defibrillators, surgical mesh. And it’s a safe bet that most of them assume that someone,
The Toll Of Preventable Errors: How Many Dead Patients?
March 14, 2012March 9th, 2012 by Michael Millenson Here’s a quiz for Patient Safety Awareness Week (and after): The number of Americans who die annually from preventable medical errors is: A) 44,000-98,000,
A patient survival guide, from a mother who learned too late
March 9, 2012March 8, 2012 – the CT Mirror – By Arielle Levin Becker A picture of a smiling boy filled the screen behind Helen Haskell. This is my son Lewis, who died
Hospitals May Be the Worst Place to Stay When You’re Sick
March 7, 2012Plus, how to protect yourself from medical errors by: Katharine Greider | from: AARP Bulletin | March 1, 2012 Mistakes run the gamut. The surgeon nicks a healthy blood vessel;
Consumer Reports release ratings on NY hospitals
March 5, 2012Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:57 AM PST – Consumer Reports released rating of NY hospitals performance on four key measures of patient safety: hospital-acquired infections, readmissions, and how well hospital
How The Medical Device Industry Lobbies
March 1, 2012February 29, 2012 By GoozNews (From Public Citizen): 30 Things You Need to Know About The Medical Device Industry “I think it’s important for members (of Congress) to hear from industry.”