Alta Bates Hospital accreditation at risk
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BERKELEY, Calif. A bad performance audit could lead one of the Bay Area&#39;s premier hospitals to lose its accreditation in three years, if the problems uncovered aren&#39;t fixed.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Former HealthSouth executive Emery Harris must be resentenced. That&#39;s the ruling from the Atlanta-based 11th US- Circuit Court of Appeals.
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By Leigh Ann Tipton, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 21--HARTFORD -- Horse Branch Elementary School principal Jeff Martin is worried about the fate of his school.   The school's septic system is failing, and raw sewage is coming to the surface on school grounds.
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Federal authorities have announced that a Bethesda nursing home already under scrutiny by state officials in connection with the deaths of two patients could lose its Medicaid certification this month because of concerns about the care it provides.
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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Some cosmetic surgery clinics are putting sales before patient safety, warns a consumer watchdog.
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A small clinic in Manhattan that handled the cases of thousands of sickened 9/11 recovery and cleanup workers is coming under scrutiny over its performance.
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A coroner castigates a hospital's standard of nursing care after four inquests.
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EDMONTON - Auditor General Fred Dunn fears health-care fraud and identity theft are occurring because the Alberta government has failed to properly keep track of more than two million duplicate or replacement health-care cards.
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even deadly -- mistakes in hospitals, but an overwhelming majority say the solution lies in easy-to-read, published safety report cards
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By The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 25--The Hospital Compare Web site is www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov. The Web site address was incorrect in a story headlined "St. Joseph on par with hospitals around U.S." on page B1 in the Whatcom section of the June 23 edition of The Bellingham Herald.
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ATLANTA Oct. 1, 2004 - Emory University officials sent warning letters to more than 500 surgery patients at the school&#39;s medical center after a brain surgery patient tested positive for a fatal disease similar to the human version of mad cow disease.
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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Only two months ago, the Emergency Department at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was piled high with patient charts: files clogged with physicians' notes and nurses' follow-throughs, with test orders and lab results and a plethora of other printouts and paperwork. As in most EDs, keeping track of everyt...
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.