Safe Patient Project: Kansas

Q&A with Journalist Alan Bavley: Keeping Track of Medical Malpractice Frequent Fliers

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:37:47 -0600

William Heisel interviews Kansas City Star journalist, Alan Bavley, about tracking medical malpractice frequent fliers.

Maggots found in shoes of man staying at Wichita nursing home

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:33:15 -0600

A Wichita nursing home is under investigation for patient safety problems after maggots were found in a patient's shoes and open sores on his feet.

Kansas City Star: Stop trying to protect dangerous doctors

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:55:13 -0600

"President Barack Obama’s administration has gone overboard in trying to protect physicians from the public’s right to glean essential information about their doctors."

Obama's HHS shuts down public access to doctor malpractice data

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:06:50 -0600

The Kansas City Star reports on the HHS taking down the National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File. Lisa McGiffert, Director of Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project quoted. A Health and Human Services Department’s Health Resources and Services Administration spokesman says the file is likely to be down for 6 months or more and may not return in the same format.

Doctors with histories of alleged malpractice often go undisciplined

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:02:50 -0600

The Star found about 200 doctors who have practiced in Kansas or Missouri since 1990 and have had five or more malpractice case payments made on their behalf, without ever being disciplined by the state’s board. And although the two states’ boards have access to malpractice claims information from several sources, they don’t make it available to the public — unlike the boards in many other states.

Drugs and Medical Device errors

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:51:26 -0600

'You can’t kill my mother and get away with it'

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:53:41 -0600

Article by Marshall Allen after attending Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project 2010 summit.

Why Not The Best? Comparative Reports on Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:48:34 -0600

Users of WhyNotTheBest.org can now search for and compare data for nearly 1,000 hospitals on the incidence of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)—one of the most lethal hospital-acquired complications. The data show wide variation in CLABSI incidence, in spite of strong evidence on how to prevent them. The updated data is made possible through a partnership among The Commonwealth Fund, The Leapfrog Group, and Consumers Union.

State Plans to Address Healthcare-Associated Infections

Thu, 27 May 2010 13:35:28 -0600

Plans about what the states are supposed to be doing to eliminate hospital acquired infections.

Antimicrobial Resistance State Fact Sheets Map

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:12:19 -0600

Link to map that highlights antimicrobial resistance issues at the state level.

Disclosing Hospital Infection Rates

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:14:44 -0600

This week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is launching a new state plan to control healthcare-acquired infections.

Medical Error Survey for Patients

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:20 -0600

This survey was created for patients who have experienced medical harm, their loved ones and their advocates. This survey was created by the Empowered Patient Coalition and we have jointly published this survey on our websites. This survey is designed to answer questions that are important to patients. This is a way for patients to report their experience as they have lived it, and to know that their report will be counted.The Empowered Patient Coalition will be entering the events annonymously on a map so you can see your error and others in your state by clciking on the map.

Hospital Infection Rates: How Are Wichita Hospitals Doing?

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:14:51 -0600

"For years, doctors held the belief that these infections were inevitable and they became an accepted risk of hospital care. Now, research has shown the vast majority of these infections are preventable."

Kansas: Medicaid Mirrors Medicare Policy on Adverse Events

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:29:01 -0600

Learn about Kansas efforts to alter its payment system for preventable hospital acquired conditions and events that harm patients.

Doctor/Medical Staff Accountability

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:37:50 -0600

Patients who were harmed by a doctor or other medical staff.