Safe Patient Project: Doctor Accountability http://www.safepatientproject.org/topic/doctor_accountability/ 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 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:04:04 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems Alan Bavley reports on the secrecy of the National Practitioner Data Bank and mentions Consumers Union's poll results that found nearly nine in 10 people said the public should have full access to the database.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/_secrecy_protects_doctors_with.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/_secrecy_protects_doctors_with.html News Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:04:04 -0600 An MS Patient Loses Trust When She Finds Out Her Doctor Is Paid By Drug Companies As of 2013, a national physician payment database created under the Affordable Care Act will make such information available to all.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/an_ms_patient_loses_trust_when.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/12/an_ms_patient_loses_trust_when.html News Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:23:47 -0600 Woman Waterboarded: Police Arrest Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed For Mock-Drowning On Elderly Patient "Two nursing home employees in Georgia were arrested for allegedly attacking an elderly woman in a 'manner similar to waterboarding,' according to local police."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/woman_waterboarded_police_arre.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/woman_waterboarded_police_arre.html News Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:20:34 -0600 Consumer Group Wants Full Access to National Practitioner Data Base HealthLeaders Media reports on Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project call to open the National Practitioner Data Bank to the public.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumer_group_wants_full_acce.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumer_group_wants_full_acce.html News Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:17:45 -0600 National Practitioner Data Bank "Public" Use Data File Should Actually Be Public A Consumer Reports national poll found that almost 9 in 10 Americans (88%) said the public should have access to federally collected information about problems with doctors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/national_practitioner_data_bank_public_use_data_file_should_actually_be_public.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/national_practitioner_data_bank_public_use_data_file_should_actually_be_public.html Blog Post Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:02:08 -0600 Consumers Union: Public Should Have Full Access to Doctor Database, Including Names of Problem Physicians http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_public_should.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/consumers_union_public_should.html Press Release Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:45:59 -0600 Salisbury stent doctor sentenced to federal prison Physician sentenced to federal prison for implanting unnecessary coronary stents in dozens of patients, then fraudulently billing insurers thousands for the work.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/salisbury_stent_doctor_sentenc.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/salisbury_stent_doctor_sentenc.html News Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:52:36 -0600 Texas Doctor Pleads Guilty in Retaliation Case Texas doctor will spend two months in jail and be on probation for five years after pleading guilty to retaliating against two nurses who reported him to state medical regulators.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/texas_doctor_pleads_guilty_in.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/texas_doctor_pleads_guilty_in.html News Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:15:44 -0600 Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire The Obama administration has reposted the Public Use Data File but with new restrictions that ProPublica journalist Charles Ornstein says are "unworkable and amount to a prior restraint."

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/agency_reposts_national_practi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/agency_reposts_national_practi.html News Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:01:50 -0600 OIG Most Wanted Fugitives This Web page contains information about OIG's most wanted health care fugitives. In all, OIG is seeking more than 170 fugitives on charges related to health care fraud and abuse.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/oig_most_wanted_fugitives.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/11/oig_most_wanted_fugitives.html Document (External) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:22:11 -0600 Editorial: Obama shouldn't be hiding records on doctor errors The Obama administration should restore the Public Use File of the National Practitioner Data Bank for use by the public.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_obama_shouldnt_be_hi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_obama_shouldnt_be_hi.html News Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:12:26 -0600 HRSA Response to Consumers Union Regarding National Practitioner Data Bank's Public Use Data File Health and Human Services Administration (HRSA) letter responding to Lisa McGiffert, director of Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project, regarding its decision to remove the National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File on September 1, 2011. Consumers Union's letter to HRSA can be read here.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/hrsa_response_to_consumers_uni.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/hrsa_response_to_consumers_uni.html Document (External) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:42:43 -0600 Government Misses Deadline for Rules Forcing Disclosure of Industry Payments to Doctors The federal government has yet to write rules — mandated as part of last year’s health-care law — that would force drug and medical-device companies to disclose their gifts, fees and payments to doctors.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/government_misses_deadline_for.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/government_misses_deadline_for.html News Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:16:46 -0600 Editorial: Ferreting out fumbling physicians An editorial from the Providence Journal about the NPDB Public Use File

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_ferreting_out_fumbli.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/editorial_ferreting_out_fumbli.html News Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:44:37 -0600 Sen. Chuck Grassley letter to Health Research and Services Administration concerning removal of National Practitioner Data Bank's Public Use File Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the head of a federal agency to explain a decision to shut down public access to data on malpractice payouts, hospital discipline and regulatory sanctions against doctors and other health professionals

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/sen_chuck_grassley_letter_to_h.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2011/10/sen_chuck_grassley_letter_to_h.html Document (External) Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:44:33 -0600