Fifteen years ago an Institute of Medicine Report drew attention to the epidemic of hospital-related harm when it reported that as many as 98,000 patients per year died from preventable medical errors. Last year a new analysis published in the…
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President Barack Obama has signed into law The Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, which is designed to provide more timely access to health care for American military veterans who’ve faced long wait times…
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Johnson & Johnson, the largest maker of a tool used to perform hysterectomies and remove uterine growths, is urging surgeons not to use the device over concerns that it could spread cancer in women. J&J’s Ethicon division makes the devices,…
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A new study published in the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI) shows that a shift in recent years from inpatient to outpatient surgery for common urologic procedures coincides with an increase in patient deaths among certain populations following potentially…
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Lawmakers have approved a plan to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs amidst a scandal involving long patient wait times with mounting evidence that that they were systematically covered up by VA employees. The chairmen of the House and Senate…
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