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.
doctor accountability
Media Coverage of CU’s Petition to require CA doctors disclose if they are on probation
The petition requiring doctors notify patients when they are on probation garnered extensive media throughout California.
Categories: Doctor Accountability
Tags: #Docsonprobation, doctor accountability
CA Doctors on Probation as of 9-29-15
Categories: Doctor Accountability
Tags: #Docsonprobation, doctor accountability
Push for Cameras in the Operating Room
“A movement is afoot to put cameras in operating rooms around the country, after a woman died from an anesthesia overdose.”
Categories: Doctor Accountability, Medical Errors
Tags: doctor accountability, medical error, medical harm, operating room cameras, patient safety
Push for doctors to disclose probation before treatment
CA Patient advocates push to get doctors to tell their patients if the are on probation.
Categories: Doctor Accountability
Tags: doctor accountability, doctor information, medical board
California Safe Patient activists celebrate progress and testify at Medical Board of California meeting
A week ago, our Consumers Union (CU) Safe Patient Project staff went to sunny California to meet with our network of activists that are working to protect CA patients from medical harm. Find out what we did!
Categories: C. diff, Doctor Accountability, Hospital Infections/ Superbugs, Medical Errors, MRSA
Tags: Alicia Cole, CA Safe Patient Network, California Safe Patient Network, Carole Moss, doctor accountability, MBC, Medical Board of California, Michele Monserratt-Ramos, Nile's Project, Rae Greulich, Tina Minasian, Ty Moss
