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Here are the archives of our patient safety and medical malpractice blog. You can use the filters below to search for what you want. If it has anything to do with health care issues for consumers, chances are we have written about it.
Since the end of 2022, we have been putting news items about patient safety and health care issues into our monthly Better Health Care newsletter. You can access those newsletters here. (Scroll to the bottom of each newsletter for recent health care news of interest.)
Patrick Malone firm sues Trump on behalf of injured police officers in January 6 US Capitol riot.
December 1st, 2023: Court of Appeals rules that Capitol Police officers suit against Trump can go ahead The decision on
December 15, 2023
Getting and keeping your own medical records: It’s a boon to better health
A laptop and a cardboard box. These two items could be major tools in improving regular folks’ health throughout this
December 30, 2022
For seniors, big changes coming with federal health coverage plans
Editor’s note: The blog will shift in ’23 to more episodic publication. Just a reminder: 2023 will begin what could
December 28, 2022
Patients may need to take steps to optimize time with harried doctors
In recent times, one of the issues most complained about by patients comes down to this: Why does my doctor
December 27, 2022
Congress races to snowy holiday exit, spending $1.7 trillion on the way out
Editor’s note: The blog will shift in the days ahead to more episodic publishing. Members of Congress raced at the
December 26, 2022
Half of those hurt or killed in crashes used drugs or alcohol
As federal, state, and local officials seek to slash the nation’s spiking road toll of injury and death, law enforcement
December 23, 2022
High court lets stand California ban on flavored tobacco products
Californians have accomplished something that federal regulators have failed to — despite long, difficult campaigning. Voters in the biggest state
December 22, 2022
In hospitals’ struggles with staffing crises, lessons on reaping and sowing
Big hospitals and hospital chains have wailed, with considerable justification, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic about financial damages
December 20, 2022
Misdiagnoses lead to 250,000 ER patients’ deaths annually, U.S. study finds
Doctors working in hospital emergency departments face chaos, violence and high stress every day, and usually they get the diagnosis
December 18, 2022
