Safe Patient Project: National http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/national/ 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 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:23:47 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss An MS Patient Loses Trust When She Finds Out Her Doctor Is Paid By Drug Companies As of 2013, a national physician payment database created under the Affordable Care Act will make such information available to all.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/an_ms_patient_loses_trust_when.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/an_ms_patient_loses_trust_when.html News Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:23:47 -0600 Consumer Group Wants Full Access to National Practitioner Data Base HealthLeaders Media reports on Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project call to open the National Practitioner Data Bank to the public.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumer_group_wants_full_acce.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumer_group_wants_full_acce.html News Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:17:45 -0600 Consumers Union Urges Congress to Strengthen Medical Device Oversight http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_urges_congress.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_urges_congress.html Press Release Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:10:30 -0600 National Practitioner Data Bank "Public" Use Data File Should Actually Be Public A Consumer Reports national poll found that almost 9 in 10 Americans (88%) said the public should have access to federally collected information about problems with doctors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/national_practitioner_data_bank_public_use_data_file_should_actually_be_public.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/national_practitioner_data_bank_public_use_data_file_should_actually_be_public.html Blog Post Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:02:08 -0600 Consumers Union: Public Should Have Full Access to Doctor Database, Including Names of Problem Physicians http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_public_should.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_public_should.html Press Release Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:45:59 -0600 Cancer patient asks hospitals for their infection rates Seeking safe healthcare for her cancer treatment, patient safety advocate--Kathy Day of Maine--recalls the transparency hurdles she faced when she asked a hospital for its infection rates.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/cancer_patient_asks_hospitals.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/cancer_patient_asks_hospitals.html Blog Post Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:50:06 -0600 Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire The Obama administration has reposted the Public Use Data File but with new restrictions that ProPublica journalist Charles Ornstein says are "unworkable and amount to a prior restraint."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/agency_reposts_national_practi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/agency_reposts_national_practi.html News Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:01:50 -0600 AHRQ Awards $34 Million To Expand Fight Against Healthcare-Associated Infections The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that it has awarded $34 million in fiscal year 2011 for grants and contracts to hospitals, academic medical institutions, and health care research organizations to expand the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/ahrq_awards_34_million_to_expa.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/ahrq_awards_34_million_to_expa.html News Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:44:59 -0600 Editorial: Obama shouldn't be hiding records on doctor errors 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 HRSA Response to Consumers Union Regarding National Practitioner Data Bank's Public Use Data File Health and Human Services Administration (HRSA) letter responding to Lisa McGiffert, director of Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project, regarding its decision to remove the National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File on September 1, 2011. Consumers Union's letter to HRSA can be read here.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/hrsa_response_to_consumers_uni.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/hrsa_response_to_consumers_uni.html Document (External) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:42:43 -0600 Sen. Chuck Grassley letter to Health Research and Services Administration concerning removal of National Practitioner Data Bank's Public Use File Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the head of a federal agency to explain a decision to shut down public access to data on malpractice payouts, hospital discipline and regulatory sanctions against doctors and other health professionals

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/sen_chuck_grassley_letter_to_h.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/sen_chuck_grassley_letter_to_h.html Document (External) Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:44:33 -0600 Grassley criticizes federal agency over removal of doctor discipline data U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley sent a letter today to the Health Resources and Services Administration, criticizing its decision to remove a public version of the National Practitioner Data Bank, which has helped reporters and researchers to expose serious gaps in the oversight of physicians.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/grassley_criticizes_federal_ag.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/grassley_criticizes_federal_ag.html News Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:02:37 -0600 Former Practitioner Data Banks official says HRSA ‘erroneously interpreting the law’ A retired National Practitioner Data Bank official (Robert Oshel) criticized a decision by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration for removing the Public Use File of the National Practitioner Data Bank from the agency’s website – a major development as journalism groups fight to restore access to the important tool.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/former_practitioner_data_banks.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/former_practitioner_data_banks.html News Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:40:14 -0600 Journalists' letter to Sebelius on the National Practitioner Data Bank file Letter from six national journalism organizations to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius elevating their concerns about a decision by the Health Resources and Services Administration to remove the Public Use File of the National Practitioner Data Bank from the agency's website.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/journalists_letter_to_sebelius.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/journalists_letter_to_sebelius.html Document (External) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:22:24 -0600 Hospitals readmission rates under scrutiny A new national study indicates that too many hospitals are fumbling and could face penalties if they don't improve within a year. Texas hospitals respond.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/hospitals_readmission_rates_un.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/hospitals_readmission_rates_un.html News Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:03:34 -0600