Hospital News
Pharmacist Sues New York hospital, Says She Was Fired After Reporting Misconduct
Alia Paavola, Beckers Hospital Review, October 15th, 2019. A former clinical pharmacist at Strong Memorial Hospital has filed a lawsuit claiming the Rochester, N.Y.-based provider fired her after she reported patient safety concerns and harassment,… Read More
New Jersey hospital gave wrong patient a kidney transplant
By Natalie Musumeci, New York Post, November 27, 2019. A New Jersey patient was accidentally put at the top of a transplant list and received a kidney meant for someone else — who happened to… Read More
Johns Hopkins Hospital Sues Many Low Income Patients for Medical Debt
By MEREDITH COHN and LORRAINE MIRABELL, THE BALTIMORE SUN, MAY 17, 2019. Johns Hopkins Hospital has filed more than 2,400 lawsuits in Maryland courts since 2009 against patients with unpaid bills, including a large number… Read More
New Round of Medicare Readmission Penalties Hits 2,583 Hospitals
By Jordan Rau, KHN. October 01, 2019. Medicare cut payments to 2,583 hospitals Tuesday, continuing the Affordable Care Act’s eight-year campaign to financially pressure hospitals into reducing the number of patients who return for a… Read More
Patient Dies in Pennsylvania’s WellSpan York Hospital ER
By Shelly Stallsmith, York Daily Record, Oct. 15, 2019. WellSpan York Hospital emergency staff were seen on video walking past a patient in a wheelchair approximately 12 times on Aug. 16. No one approached the man… Read More
Mold in Seattle Children’s Hospital Kills 1, Infects 5
One of the nation’s 10 best children’s hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. By Katelyn Newman, US News. A Dangerous type of mold has killed one patient and infected five more at Seattle Children’s… Read More
Another Patient Dies in Ben Taub ER Waiting Area
By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle. Another patient recently died at Ben Taub Hospital’s emergency center without receiving timely treatment, system officials revealed Friday, the fourth death in the Texas Medical Center in the last eight months… Read More
Quarter of Hospitals Fail to Comply with Medical Errors Policy
By MARIA CASTELLUCCI, Modern Healthcare. About a quarter of hospitals fail to meet the Leapfrog Group’s standards in addressing serious patient harm events should they occur, according to a new report. The analysis, published Thursday, found 74.5%… Read More
No one should die from a blood transfusion. So why did it happen at MD Anderson, the nation’s top cancer hospital?
By Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News. In early December, a nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center gave a 23-year-old leukemia patient a blood transfusion that, unbeknownst to the medical staff, had… Read More
