Safe Patient Project: Connecticut http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/connecticut/ 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 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:25 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Connecticut Adverse Event Report (2011) The CT Department of Public Health releases its first hospital specific adverse event report.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/connecticut_adverse_event_repo_1.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/connecticut_adverse_event_repo_1.html Document (External) Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:25 -0600 Connecticut Adverse Event Report (2011) http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/connecticut_adverse_event_repo.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/connecticut_adverse_event_repo.html State Disclosure Report Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:17:07 -0600 Patient Safety Advocates Start New England Watchdog Group New England patient safety activists form New England Voices For Error Reduction (NEVER), a group that aims to work regionally for safe health care.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/patient_safety_advocates_start.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/patient_safety_advocates_start.html News Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:10:42 -0600 Consumer voices to be heard at national hospital infection meeting 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 Behind the board: How a flawed system jeopardizes patient safety Jean Rexford, executive director of the Connecticut Center for Patient Safety, comments on the failure of the state medical board at protecting CT patients from dangerous doctors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/06/behind_the_board_how_a_flawed.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/06/behind_the_board_how_a_flawed.html News Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:57:03 -0600 CT: Sex Offender Doc Allowed To Resume Practice Connecticut Medical Examining Board recently voted to allow a Stamford physician to resume practicing medicine in the state. Berken is a registered sex offender in Connecticut and New York

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/ct_sex_offender_doc_allowed_to.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/ct_sex_offender_doc_allowed_to.html News Tue, 17 May 2011 12:31:35 -0600 CT Department of Public Health press release on first hospital-specific report on healthcare associated infections Connecticut released its first hospital-specific public report on central line-associated bloodstream infections.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/ct_department_of_public_health.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/ct_department_of_public_health.html Document (External) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:34:49 -0600 Connecticut Hospital–Specific Report on Health Care Associated Infections Explanation of CT hospital infection public report.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/connecticut_hospitalspecific_r.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/connecticut_hospitalspecific_r.html Document (External) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:02 -0600 CT Hospitals Beat National Average On ICU Bloodstream Infections This report is the first of its kind in Connecticut, allowing consumers to view central line associated bloodstream infection data reported by Connecticut hospitals.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/ct_hospitals_beat_national_ave.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/ct_hospitals_beat_national_ave.html News Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:17:13 -0600 Connecticut Department of Health Issues First Public Report of Hospital Infections The Connecticut Department of Public Health has released a report on central line-associated bloodstream infections acquired in Connecticut acute-care hospitals.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/connecticut_department_of_heal.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/connecticut_department_of_heal.html News Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:27:26 -0600 2011 Connecticut Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) Hospital-specific Report http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/2011_connecticut_health_care_a.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/2011_connecticut_health_care_a.html State Disclosure Report Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:26:05 -0600 Op Ed: Hospital acquired infection is the gorilla in the room "I guess America’s present “Wild West” health care system does allow lots of folks to make a handsome profit. But the rest of us are suffering from high health insurance premiums and unacceptably high fatality rates caused by medical errors."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/op_ed_hospital_acquired_infect.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/op_ed_hospital_acquired_infect.html News Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:20:00 -0600 Drugs and Medical Device errors http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/drugs_and_medical_device_error.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/drugs_and_medical_device_error.html Story Ask Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:51:26 -0600 CT Advocate: Medical Errors Take a Horrendous Toll "This report, that came out in December, substantiates not only that those numbers were valid, but that the scope of the problem is far greater than anyone ever thought." Jean Rexford; CT Center for Patient Safety.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/01/ct_advocate_medical_errors_tak.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/01/ct_advocate_medical_errors_tak.html News Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:12:02 -0600 Harm in Hospitals Editorial: Preventable deaths They will continue until there is a national strategy to stop them

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