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.
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Two Arms, Two Choices: If Only I’d Known Then What I Know Now
Disabled by faulty arm surgery and harmed by a hospital-acquired infection, a patient wishes he’d been better informed. Article by Colorado patient safety advocate Kerry O’Connell for Health Affairs.
Categories: Doctor Accountability, Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: GUDID, Kerry O'Connell, maude, National Practitioner Data Bank
#SPPChat: What Consumers Need to Know About Medical Device User Fee Bills
The intent of our Twitter chat on May 17 was to debunk industry claims about the FDA’s device approval process and explain what consumers really need to know about the medical device user fee bills.
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: 510k, maude, MDUFA, meddevice, medicaldevices, pcori, ptsafety, s4pm, sppchat
