http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/pennsylvania/ 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 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:12:48 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/pa_2010_health_care_associated.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/pa_2010_health_care_associated.html State Disclosure Report Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:12:48 -0600 Patient safety information from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory on prevention strategies for reducing and/or eliminating central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) based on 2010 data submitted by PA hospitals.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/pennsylvania_patient_safety_au_2.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/09/pennsylvania_patient_safety_au_2.html Document (External) Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:00:01 -0600 So far, lawsuits have been filed on behalf of 34 patients who claimed that in 2009 and 2010 doctors implanted stents, tiny mesh tubes placed into an artery to ease blood flow. Those procedures were not necessary, according to the court filings.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/07/72_suits_could_be_filed_agains.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/07/72_suits_could_be_filed_agains.html News Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:30:33 -0600 The Pennsylvania Cost Containment Council has released a report on heart surgeries. The report includes number of deaths, infections, readmissions and other complications. It can be found at www.phc4.org.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/health_council_says_major_hear.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/health_council_says_major_hear.html News Thu, 26 May 2011 16:38:37 -0600 http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/cardiac_surgery_in_pennsylvani.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/cardiac_surgery_in_pennsylvani.html State Disclosure Report Thu, 26 May 2011 16:33:55 -0600 Pennsylvania hospitals have more work to do until they reach zero infections. Read the PA hospital association report here.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/hospitals_cuts_jeopardize_impr.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/hospitals_cuts_jeopardize_impr.html News Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:36 -0600 This tip sheet explains steps you can take in your doctor's office to deal with your concerns about quality. It also tells you how to contact places that regulate or oversee doctors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_9.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_9.html Document (External) Wed, 04 May 2011 18:00:12 -0600 This tip sheet explains steps you can take within the nursing home to deal with your concerns about quality of care. It tells you how to contact places that regulate or oversee nursing homes.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_8.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_8.html Document (External) Wed, 04 May 2011 17:57:04 -0600 This tip sheet explains steps you can take within the hospital to deal with your concerns about quality of care. It tells you how to contact the places that regulate or oversee hospitals.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_7.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/what_to_do_if_you_have_a_conce_7.html Document (External) Wed, 04 May 2011 17:53:32 -0600 A suburban Philadelphia elder-care facility where a hidden camera allegedly captured aides assaulting and mocking a half-naked dementia patient may be forced to shut down after state regulators said Friday that their investigation uncovered violations that demonstrate gross incompetence, negligence and misconduct.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/pa_moves_to_revoke_license_of.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/pa_moves_to_revoke_license_of.html News Mon, 02 May 2011 12:07:55 -0600 The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority issued its 2010 Annual Report highlighting its Patient Safety Liaison (PSL) program and educational activities as well as reductions in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitals and nursing homes.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/pennsylvania_patient_safety_au_1.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/05/pennsylvania_patient_safety_au_1.html News Mon, 02 May 2011 11:59:42 -0600 People who picked up an infection during a hospital stay in Pennsylvania in 2009 were more than five times as likely to die than those who did not, according to a new report.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infection_rate_down_s.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infection_rate_down_s.html News Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:17:02 -0600 Hospital-acquired germs may have contributed to several thousand rehospitalizations in Pennsylvania, according to a health care review agency.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospitalacquired_germs_cause_t.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospitalacquired_germs_cause_t.html News Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:13:23 -0600 Health care-associated infections across the state dropped 12.5 percent from 2008 to 2009.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infections_still_a_pr.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infections_still_a_pr.html News Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:10:15 -0600 Pennsylvanians who developed an infection during a hospital stay were nearly five times more likely to be readmitted than healthy patients, and the highest readmission rates were among older patients and ones who had surgery, a new report released today says.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infection_tied_to_rea.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/03/hospital_infection_tied_to_rea.html News Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:06:35 -0600