Posts tagged mistake

• Health Care Reform - Not Enough Attention to Medical Error Prevention

  Mike Ferrara | October 20, 2009 10:38 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a report just released by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, in 2007, hospital doctors, nurses and other medical workers committed nearly 9,400 serious medical...

• New Jersey Hospitals Must Now Publicly Report Serious Medical Errors

  Camryn Hansen | September 02, 2009 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Governor Jon Corzine signed a new law earlier this week that will require New Jersey hospitals to publicly report on their performance in areas of patient safety, including serious...

• Hospitals are Still Neglecting to Report Serious Mistakes - Are Medical Malpractice Lawsuits the Public’s Only Hope?

  Mike Ferrara | January 30, 2009 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Despite laws in New Jersey and Pennsylvania requiring hospitals to report major medical errors, unanticipated complications, and near misses to stage agencies for the purpose of reducing medical...