Posts in December, 2014

Dec 30 NC and SC Hospitals Penalized for Patient Safety

Medicare is penalizing 721 hospitals nationwide with high rates of potentially avoidable medical mistakes that can harm patients, ...

Dec 19 The $17.1 Billion Problem – the Annual Cost of Medical Errors

In 2008, the annual cost of measurable medical errors that harmed patients is estimated to be $17.1 billion. Pressure ulcers were ...

Dec 18 Drug Maker and Pharmacist Arrested Over Meningitis Outbreak

Employees of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) were arrested this week and charged with second-degree murder in a ...

Dec 05 Horrific N.C. Crash Puts Spotlight on Dram Shop Laws

The verdict in a DUI crash underlines how bars, and in some cases hosts, can be held liable if they serve alcohol to clearly drunk ...

Dec 03 Florida Hospital Pays Millions Alleging Misdiagnoses and Fraud

Jacksonville-based Baptist Health is paying $2.5 million to settle claims in a whistle-blower lawsuit that it overcharged Medicare ...