Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law the Patient Safety Act of 2011, which allows the implementation of a prescription drug monitoring program aimed at stamping out prescription drug abuse, according to a Bryan County News report.
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Twelve California hospitals have been penalized with varying fines for failing to meet licensing requirements that caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to patients, according to a department news release.
N.J. Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., MD (D-Burlington County), the only physician in the New Jersey Legislature, has introduced legislation that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers, according to Jeffrey Shanton, chair of the advocacy and legislative affairs committee…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Council on Patient Information and Education have released a new pamphlet which providers can use to help their patients reduce medication errors and understand how to take medicines safely.
The Center for Ambulatory Surgery in Westport, Conn., has been fined and placed on probation by the state's health department for multiple safety and procedural violations, according to a report from the New Haven Independent.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality has published a fact sheet offering 20 tips to help prevent medical errors in children.
Older patients had no increase in complications from plastic surgery after screening out other problems, according to a study from the Cleveland Clinic reported in HealthDay.
Data from the Oregon Patient Safety Commission suggest Oregon hospitals have not significantly improved in preventing medical errors since last year, according to a news report by The Oregonian.
Infection control legislation in California, passed in 2006 and 2008 by lawmakers, have not yet led to real improvements, and some of the infection control regulations have not yet even materialized, according to a Sacramento Bee news report.
The Joint Commission has announced it has released the fourth in a series of animated videos to encourage patients to become active participants in their healthcare, with the latest 60-second video focusing on how patients can best prepare for and…