http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/california/ The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality. en Copyright 2012 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:33:58 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The California Department of Public Health announced it was imposing $850,000 in fines on 14 hospitals for medical errors that caused or were likely to cause serious patient injury or death.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/public_health_department_fines.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/public_health_department_fines.html News Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:33:58 -0600 Another 14 California hospitals have been ordered to pay fines totaling $850,000 in the latest round of medical errors involving immediate jeopardy to patients, state health officials said last week.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/immediate_jeopardy_14_ca_hospi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/immediate_jeopardy_14_ca_hospi.html News Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:21:18 -0600 California Department of Public Health: 60.4% of California healthcare workers got vaccinated during the 2010-2011 flu season.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/_influenza_vaccination_among_h.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/_influenza_vaccination_among_h.html Document (External) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:49:13 -0600 Cal Hospital Compare, which gives the public quality scorecards of CA hospitals, may not continue because the California Hospital Association is backing out of the project.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/calif_hospital_report_cards_li.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/calif_hospital_report_cards_li.html News Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:49:36 -0600 4-year-old dies during dental surgery and his family is searching for answers to find out what led to his death.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/4yearold_dies_during_dental_su.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/4yearold_dies_during_dental_su.html News Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:45:37 -0600 Stanford University's clinics and hospitals have reduced annual liability premiums by $3.2 million since it implemented a program to disclose and investigate adverse event reports, according to a report published by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, American Medical News reports.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/stanford_adverse_event_initiat.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/stanford_adverse_event_initiat.html News Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:18:54 -0600 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has failed to keep its operating rooms clean and safe and to protect its patients from possible infection, according to federal inspection reports recently released to The Times.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/harborucla_medical_center_cite.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/harborucla_medical_center_cite.html News Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:48:38 -0600 The Obama administration should restore the Public Use File of the National Practitioner Data Bank for use by the public.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_obama_shouldnt_be_hi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_obama_shouldnt_be_hi.html News Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:12:26 -0600 California patient safety advocate, Alicia Cole, discusses what you should do to stay safe in the hospital. Alicia almost died from a flesh-eating bacteria she contracted following routine fibroid surgery.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/video_how_to_prevent_infection.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/video_how_to_prevent_infection.html News Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:51:52 -0600 Tensions heighten around a patient death due to possible medical error in Oakland, California.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/patients_death_heightens_tensi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/patients_death_heightens_tensi.html News Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:06:47 -0600 Don Esco sought skilled nursing care at a Placerville facility for Johnnie, his wife of nearly 61 years, when she was recuperating from a bout with pneumonia. She died 13 days later. Esco sued, alleging that the medical charts lied about Johnnie's treatment.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/womans_death_raises_questions.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/womans_death_raises_questions.html News Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:35:57 -0600 The practice of nursing homes altering patients' medical records masks serious conditions and covers up care not given. A Bee review of nearly 150 cases of alleged chart falsification in California reveals how the practice puts patients at risk and sometimes leads to death.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/falsified_patient_records_are.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/falsified_patient_records_are.html News Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:31:53 -0600 Meet the eleven consumer advocates who will be attending a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)hospital infection meeting this week.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/consumer_voices_to_be_heard_at.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/consumer_voices_to_be_heard_at.html Blog Post Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:25:41 -0600 The California Department of Public Health fines 12 hospitals for patient safety violations likely to cause serious injury or death.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/12_hospitals_are_fined_over_me.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/12_hospitals_are_fined_over_me.html News Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:45:04 -0600 A dozen California hospitals are fined with a total of $650,000 for patient safety violations. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) yesterday announced that these hospitals failed to comply with requirements that would likely cause serious injury or death to their patients.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/hospitals_fined_650k_for_patie.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/hospitals_fined_650k_for_patie.html News Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:33:29 -0600