Safe Patient Project: New York http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/new_york/ 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, 28 Nov 2011 19:10:42 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 Woman fights to end medical errors Part 2: New York patient safety advocate, Mary Brennan-Taylor, interviewed about the death of her mother due to multiple medical errors and her work giving patient safety lectures at the University at Buffalo. Part 1 here.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/woman_fights_to_end_medical_er.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/woman_fights_to_end_medical_er.html News Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:57:50 -0600 Woman's death attributed to medical error New York patient safety advocate, Mary Brennan-Taylor, interviewed about the death of her mother due to multiple medical errors and her work giving patient safety lectures at the University at Buffalo.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/womans_death_attributed_to_med.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/womans_death_attributed_to_med.html News Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:10:00 -0600 Venture Capitalists Put Money on Easing Medical Device Rules As Congress considers reauthorizing a law that sets the fees for medical device makers, venture capitalists are emerging as a rich and influential ally of device companies eager to remove what they say are regulatory roadblocks in the approval process.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/venture_capitalists_put_money.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/venture_capitalists_put_money.html News Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:43:08 -0600 NY: Hospital-acquired infections in New York state 2010 http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/ny_hospitalacquired_infections_2.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/ny_hospitalacquired_infections_2.html State Disclosure Report Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:33:35 -0600 New state law recognizes the stillborn with certificates Parents in New York will now be able to get certificates of stillbirth.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/new_state_law_recognizes_the_s.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/new_state_law_recognizes_the_s.html News Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:48:43 -0600 The Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation PeggyLillisLog_finaltest_Small.png

Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation works to increase prevention of and minimize death and disability from clostridium difficile infection through education and advocacy.

Christian John Lillis, Co-founder/ Director: cjlillis@peggyfoundation.org

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/the_peggy_lillis_memorial_foun.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/the_peggy_lillis_memorial_foun.html Partner Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:38:39 -0600 An epidemic that states have to stop Each year C. diff. infections (CDIs) claim the lives of what may be hundreds of New Yorkers, from toddlers to seniors. Thousands more face life-altering bouts with the disease, often acquired in health care settings and resistant to common medications.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/an_epidemic_that_states_have_t.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/an_epidemic_that_states_have_t.html News Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:11:04 -0600 Report Finds Improved Performance by Hospitals NYT coverage of the Joint Commission report on hospital process measures. Consumers Union Safe Patient Project Director, Lisa McGiffert, quoted: "Highlight the poorest performers."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/report_finds_improved_performa.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/report_finds_improved_performa.html News Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:39:03 -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 State aid cut threatens non-profit scrutiny of hospitals Due to losing state funding and pressure from industry groups, this may be the last year that a New York hospital quality nonprofit group can produce an annual state hospital report card.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/state_aid_cut_threatens_nonpro.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/state_aid_cut_threatens_nonpro.html News Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:44:57 -0600 Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied An analysis of federal data by The New York Times indicates that the Food and Drug Administration has received more than 5,000 reports since January about several widely used devices known as metal-on-metal hips, more than the agency had received about those devices in the previous four years combined.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/hip_implant_complaints_surge_e.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/hip_implant_complaints_surge_e.html News Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:53:58 -0600 NY woman, university fight against medical errors By the time they graduate, every doctor coming out of the University at Buffalo will have gotten a lesson from Mary Brennan-Taylor. Mary lost her mother to hospital infections and the use of numerous medications.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/ny_woman_university_fight_agai.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/ny_woman_university_fight_agai.html News Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:44:02 -0600 “It’s not just statistics…it’s somebody’s Mom” Hospital infections leave a lasting impact on the individuals and families who had to experience them. For Mary Brennan-Taylor, hospital infections took the life of her mother, Alice Brennan, who passed away in 2009 after entering the hospital for pain and swelling in her leg.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/its_not_just_statisticsits_som.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/its_not_just_statisticsits_som.html Blog Post Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:02:06 -0600 Video: A New Angle on Patient Safety at UB: Turning tragedy into advocacy so that future patients benefit Patient safety advocate, Mary Brennan-Taylor of New York, turns the loss of her mother to hospital-acquired infections into a force for change within the University of Buffalo's medical school. Using her mother's case as a teaching program, UB students looked for evidence-based best practices to understand what went wrong and then acted out the way it could have and should have turned out.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/video_a_new_angle_on_patient_s.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/08/video_a_new_angle_on_patient_s.html Document (External) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:40:50 -0600