Over the past six months, 18 mothers and 19 newborns have become sick with a dangerous bacterial infection soon after being released from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, triggering a… Read more »
Year: 2009
Beth Israel faulted for staph outbreak in mothers, babies (MS)
More stories on serious hospital errors report (DS)
By Aaron Nicodemus TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — St. Vincent Hospital had more patient accidents and medical errors last year than any other acute care hospital in the state,… Read more »
Times Co. seeks deep cuts from Globe union (MS)
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NECN Story: St. Vincent Hospital Tops List of Patient Mishaps — Features Scathing Comments by St. Vincent Nurse/MNA Co-Chair Detailing Dangerous Staffing Conditions as Cause (DS)
Check out the story below on NECN today discussing St. Vincent Hospital’s shocking performance as one of the state’s leading hospitals for incidents of serious medical error and patient harm. … Read more »
Healthcare: Let’s build on what we know (MS)
US newspaper owners ratchet up pressure on organized labor (MS)
Newspaper owners across the country are using dire warnings and, in some cases, blunt threats about economic survival to press unions to make concessions on wages, benefits, and work rules…. Read more »
Healthcare: Let’s build on what we know (MS)
AN ARTICLE in The New Yorker earlier this year by Dr. Atul Gawande explained the rationale for creating a national healthcare system based upon the fundamentals of existing programs. Gawande… Read more »
Hospital patient mishaps top 300 (MS)
More info on DPH Public Reports on Infections and Serious Events (MC)
PUBLIC REPORTSTheMassachusettsDepartment of Public Healthpresented two reports, on infections and Serious Reportable Events,at yesterday’s PublicHealth Council meeting. Read about the presentations, and accessthe reports that are on the DPH website,on… Read more »
Serious Reportable Events – MA DPH Link Now Available (MC)
As promised, the link to access the MA Department of Public Health release of the Serious Reportable Events is now available at
