http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/nevada/ 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, 31 Oct 2011 17:44:49 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss An investigation is underway at the Reno Veterans Administration hospital after union members voiced concerns about staffing and the quality of care at the facility.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/investigation_launched_at_reno.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/investigation_launched_at_reno.html News Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:44:49 -0600 Nevada Medical Board restores a doctor's license after he pleaded guilty to concealing fraud in a malpractice case where the patient became paralyzed after a surgery he participated in. Yet another case of a licensing board protecting the licensee rather than the public.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/doctor_who_pleaded_guilty_to_c.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/doctor_who_pleaded_guilty_to_c.html News Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:27:39 -0600 A major defeat in federal court today for women across the country who say their life and health has been destroyed by a drug that's supposed to relieve pain.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/lupron_verdict_in_las_vegas_tr.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/lupron_verdict_in_las_vegas_tr.html News Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:02:50 -0600 Lupron, a man-made form of a hormone that regulates many processes in the body, is under trial in Las Vegas in a federal case concerning the drug's harmful side effects.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/trial_for_overpriced_poison_lu.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/trial_for_overpriced_poison_lu.html News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:51:06 -0600 Nevada's new reporting laws will help Nevadans make decisions about care and shed light on whether hospitals are reporting their errors accurately.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/06/grave_errors_often_not_reporte.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/06/grave_errors_often_not_reporte.html News Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:10:45 -0600 A review of billing data shows that there are more infections in hospitals than are reported to the state.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/hospital_infections_often_not.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/hospital_infections_often_not.html News Thu, 26 May 2011 16:22:51 -0600 http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/take_action_on_nevada_medical.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/take_action_on_nevada_medical.html Document (Internal) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:04:09 -0600 Marshall Allen and Alex Richards wokrdded two years on an investigative report on the safety of Las Vegas hospitals, combing through almost 3 millioin billing records. Read the series The series “Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/las_vegas_sun_named_pulitzer_p.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/las_vegas_sun_named_pulitzer_p.html News Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:39:16 -0600 Nevada has come a long way getting hospital safety information to the public. Five bills this session require public reporting of infections and other medical errors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/health_care_transparency_bills.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/health_care_transparency_bills.html News Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:39:14 -0600 "Nevadans could find out a whole lot more about infection rates and other safety issues at local hospitals and nursing homes, with five bills on such matters up for discussion today in the Legislature."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/how_safe_is_your_hospital_nv_l.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/how_safe_is_your_hospital_nv_l.html News Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:22:05 -0600 A package of bills to require hospitals and other medical facilities to expand their reporting of infections acquired by patients under their care appears to be gaining support.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/hospital_infection_disclosure.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/hospital_infection_disclosure.html News Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:56:44 -0600 95 percent of patients at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada who had a heart device implanted there got one made by Biotronik. Company documents reviewed by the New York Times revealed that, in mid-2008, Biotronik hired several cardiologists who implant heart devices at the Las Vegas hospital as consultants, paying them fees that may have reached as high as $5,000 a month.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/tipping_the_odds_for_a_maker_o.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/04/tipping_the_odds_for_a_maker_o.html News Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:07:07 -0600 Steve Winters' mother died last year of infections he says she contracted while in the hospital. Now he's joined a campaign to publicize what health experts say is a growing menace.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/son_campaigns_against_hospital.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/son_campaigns_against_hospital.html News Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:07:37 -0600 Even though progress has been made, still, some in the health care industry resist the calls for transparency.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/a_century_later_openess_still.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/a_century_later_openess_still.html News Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:24:20 -0600 Surgeon who performed wrong surgery on a patient admitted his error and wrote up the case in The New England Journal of Medicine.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/mistake_admitted_respect_earne.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/mistake_admitted_respect_earne.html News Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:11:55 -0600