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Medical Errors | Safe Patient Project
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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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. What protections do you have if the hospital makes a mistake with you? Click here for State Health Care Acquired Infection Reports. Letter to House of Representatives regarding 21st Century Cures Legislation. Consumer...
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Uncategorized | Safe Patient Project
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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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. Consumers Union Letter to FDA Commissioner on Avandia drug safety. Consumer Reports Releases Investigative Report on Drug Pricing. Posted 06/22/16 at 11:12 am. Posted 12/28/15 at 2:54 pm. Posted 08/28/15 at 11:53 am.
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Hip and Knee Replacement | Safe Patient Project
http://safepatientproject.org/topics/medical_device_safety
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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. Hip and Knee Replacement. Hip and Knee Implant Warranty Information. Letter to House of Representatives regarding 21st Century Cures Legislation. Petition to the FTC: Include warranties in the Zimmer-Biomet merger.
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C. diff | Safe Patient Project
http://safepatientproject.org/topics/hospital_acquired_infections/c_diff
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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. Click here for State Health Care Acquired Infection Reports. Response to Consumer Reports' questions from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. Source: Consumer Reports (Monday December 7, 2015). Response to Consumer Reports...
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Drugs | Safe Patient Project
http://safepatientproject.org/topics/medical_device_safety/drugs_and_medical_devices
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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. Click here for State Health Care Acquired Infection Reports. Letter to House of Representatives regarding 21st Century Cures Legislation. Consumer Reports: What can I do if the pharmacy gives me the wrong drug? Consum...
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Doctor Accountability | Safe Patient Project
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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. End secrecy, save lives. Hip and Knee Replacement. California doctors on probation as of 4-26-16. Source: Medical Board of California (Friday April 29, 2016). Links to State Medical Boards. Source: Consumers Union (Wednesday March 30, 2016). Thousands of doctors acros...
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Patient Voices: Ground-Breaking Work – Patients' View Institute
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Tell Your Story Now. News & Milestones. Help for Care Teams. Patient Voices: Ground-Breaking Work. June 23, 2015. By Pat Mastors, PVI Executive Director & Co-Founder. An important body of work released last week, surveying nearly 700 injured patients and families, paints a sad picture of diagnostic and therapeutic errors, surgical or procedural complications, hospital-associated infections and medication errors that led to death, post-traumatic stress, financial hardship and permanent disability . To a h...
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FiDA Failed Implant Device Alliance: Bayer Essure 'birth control' device had a WARRANTY!
http://fida-advocate.blogspot.com/2015/07/bayer-essure-birth-control-device-had.html
Joint replacements are the #1 expenditure of Medicare. The process of approving these medical devices is flawed according to the Institute of Medicine. It is time for patients' voices to be heard as stakeholders and for public support for increased medical device industry accountability and heightened protections for patients. Post-market registry. Product warranty. Patient/consumer stakeholder equity. Rescind industry pre-emptions/entitlements. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. May 02, 2011 09:00. A key competit...
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FiDA Failed Implant Device Alliance: ProPublica consumer-accessible Surgeon Scorecard for hip & knee surgeons!
http://fida-advocate.blogspot.com/2015/07/propublica-consumer-accessible-surgeon.html
Joint replacements are the #1 expenditure of Medicare. The process of approving these medical devices is flawed according to the Institute of Medicine. It is time for patients' voices to be heard as stakeholders and for public support for increased medical device industry accountability and heightened protections for patients. Post-market registry. Product warranty. Patient/consumer stakeholder equity. Rescind industry pre-emptions/entitlements. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. ProPublica, July 20, 2015. 8220;I...
