September 4, 2010
"The Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) strongly disagrees with NPATCH's support for allowing nurses to administer anesthesia without physician supervision. Regrettably, their action was not unexpected. It is disturbing that NPATCH and others would support policies whereby a patient's life-and-death medical decisions would be made by nurses, not doctors...
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September 3, 2010
Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA)...
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September 2, 2010
Errors related to missed or delayed diagnosis are frequently a cause of patient injury and therefore an underlying cause of patient safety related events. Autopsy analysis spanning several decades show error rates at four to 50 percent, according to an article released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and published in its September Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory...
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September 2, 2010
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
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September 1, 2010
Allergan Inc., the makers of BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA) announced that it has agreed to pay US $600 million and to plead guilty to misdemeanor, thus reaching a resolution with the DOJ (US Department of Justice) regarding a previously reported Government investigation into the company's past sales and marketing practices related to specific therapeutic uses of BOTOX...
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August 27, 2010
As figures released today show the number of written complaints about general practice in the last year increased by 4.4 per cent*, the MDU issued advice for GP members to help them respond to dissatisfied patients...
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August 26, 2010
A new study from the UK suggests that doctors' religious faith strongly influences end of life care, with agnostic and atheist doctors nearly twice as willing to take decisions that speed up end of life for very sick patients compared to their deeply religious peers...
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August 26, 2010
Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status...
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August 25, 2010
The Roads On Ryan's Map May Not Exist Minneapolis Star Tribune Your road map would turn the federal contribution to health care into a voucher (which I don't view as a dirty word). But the vouchers it would offer ... are at levels so far below current insurance premiums as to make it likely you'd be shifting costs to millions who can't afford them (Matt Miller, 8/23)...
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August 25, 2010
Kentucky attorney Amelia Adams could face six months in jail for contempt of court after refusing to reveal the name of a 17-year-old client who sought judicial permission to have an abortion without her parents' consent, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The U.S...
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August 24, 2010
Preventing surgical errors begins long before a patient enters the operating room and requires instituting some fairly simple routines, such as utilizing checklists, eliminating distractions, and designating the actual surgical site on the patient with a marker, says The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in recommendations issued today...
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August 24, 2010
The MDU today launches an information pack for consultants addressing many of the concerns raised by consultant members in over 4,000 calls made to its advice line in the year to August 2010. The MDU Consultant Pack also features tips on some of the non-clinical skills they may need in their new role...
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August 23, 2010
Annals of Internal Medicine: Liability Claims And Costs Before And After Implementation Of A Medical Error Disclosure Program - This study focused on a "disclosure-with-offer program" launched by the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) in 2001. "After full implementation of a disclosure-with-offer program, the average monthly rate of new claims decreased from 7.03 to 4...
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August 20, 2010
On Tuesday, the Kansas Board of Discipline for Attorneys recommended an informal admonishment for Eric Rucker -- who served as chief of staff for former state Attorney General Phill Kline (R) during an investigation of abortion provider George Tiller -- for misleading a state court about the inquiry, the Wichita Eagle reports...
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August 19, 2010
The Connecticut Mirror: "Hartford Hospital opened an expanded emergency department this month, with new rooms and triage areas meant to keep up with an increase in patient visits. Across town, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center is preparing to double its emergency department space as part of a new 10-story tower set to open next spring...
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August 19, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer/Kansas City Star: "Most nurse practitioners still have master's degrees, but nursing schools want the doctor of nursing practice degree to be the entry-level degree for advanced-practice nurses by 2015. Enrollment in those programs nationally jumped from 70 in 2002 to more than 5,000 last year...
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August 19, 2010
Approximately half of all acute hospital trusts in England do not have a chaperone policy, an article in Postgraduate Medical Journal revealed today. This is despite recommendations of a public inquiry. With the National Health Service (NHS) reining in its budget, it may be sorely tempted to spend chaperone policy monies elsewhere...
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August 18, 2010
Medical Protective has teamed up with the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) and created The AAFPRS Medical Protective Insurance Program...
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August 18, 2010
Community activists and former staffers of the now-shuttered St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City filed a lawsuit Monday saying the facility was brought down by mismanagement including things like golf outings that drew bills in excess of $250,000, The Associated Press reports...
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August 18, 2010
The University of Michigan's program of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors resulted in a decrease in new claims for compensation (including lawsuits), time to claim resolution and lower liability costs, according to a study published Aug. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
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August 17, 2010
1. Disclosing Medical Errors Does Not Increase Malpractice Claims While experts acknowledge that patients should be informed of medical errors, some fear that proactive disclosure will increase litigation and costs to health care systems...
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August 17, 2010
The University of Michigan's program of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors resulted in a decrease in new claims for compensation (including lawsuits), time to claim resolution and lower liability costs, according to a study published Aug. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
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August 17, 2010
Regenerative Sciences, Inc., a Colorado medical practice that specializes in the use of a person's own stem cells to help patients avoid more invasive orthopedic surgery, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to enjoin the clinic physicians from practicing medicine using patients' own stem cells...
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August 16, 2010
A German pop star, Nadja Benaissa, 28, from the band No Angels apologized for having unprotected sex with three men and infecting one of them - she had not told them she was HIV positive. Benaissa is facing a charge of grievous bodily harm for infecting one man and attempting bodily harm with two other men who were not infected (attempted aggravated assault for unprotected sex with three men)...
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August 13, 2010
Unless a federal judge takes additional action, two antiabortion laws will take effect Sunday in Louisiana, according to groups on both sides of a lawsuit challenging the statutes, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports...
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