Safe Patient Project: Oregon

Doctor accused of sexually abusing hospital patients in The Dalles

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:09:10 -0600

A hospital anesthesiologist in The Dalles was accused of sexually abusing two female patients in an indictment Wednesday by a Wasco County grand jury.

Oregon doctors, hospitals and patients wrestle with growing drug shortages

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:48:31 -0600

Oregon cancer patient affected by drug shortages of his chemotherapy. Drug shortages are a growing national problem, and as a result, patients are getting late treatments, substitute medications, or decreased drug doses for serious illnesses.

Health News: Medical devices debated in Congress; controversies surface; Oregon connection

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:09:38 -0600

A sampler of articles on the issue of fees for medical device manufacturers, a debate heating up in Washington DC.

Oregon pharmacy error reporting program still not working after three years

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:03:29 -0600

Oregon druggists are not participating in a program designed to reduce pharmacy errors.

Wrong body part, wrong patient surgeries continue despite new procedures

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:38:53 -0600

Doctor operates on the wrong eye of a 4-year-old patient in Oregon. An estimated 1,300 to 2,700 US patients are harmed every year by wrong site errors.

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.

ProPublica and "Dollars for Docs"

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:17:53 -0600

The Oregonian takes a look at local policies governing doctor-pharma relationships after a ProPublica investigation.

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.

Preventing infections: How Portland hospitals compare

Mon, 24 May 2010 17:38:12 -0600

New report shows how well Oregon hospitals are doing at preventing life-threatening infections.

Oregon Healthcare Aquired Infection Report 2010

Mon, 24 May 2010 15:19:15 -0600

Press Release

Hospital infection report for 2009 (11/10)

Mon, 24 May 2010 15:02:01 -0600

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.

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.