When you walk into the lobby of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, you can’t help but notice all the signs informing you that Hopkins is ranked No. 1 hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Hopkins is justifiably proud of reaching that top spot year after year, but does it mean….
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Malpractice Lawsuit Ends with Safety Improvements by Hospital
A tragic death in Albany, New York proves the power of the civil justice system to spur safety improvements to prevent injury to other patients. In settling out of court a lawsuit for the death of 32-year-old Diane McCabe, who bled to death after a Cesarean section delivery, the Albany Medical Center agreed to fund….
Continue ReadingFDA Tightens Safety Rules for Radiation Therapy Machines
The Food and Drug Administration has canceled its policy of giving rubber-stamp approval to marketing of powerful new radiation therapy equipment like linear accelerators. From now on, the manufacturer of the machine is going to have to prove the equipment has proper safety checks to prevent dangerous overdoses of radiation to patients. The New York….
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