Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. In Young’s case, the hospital argued that her letter contained false and disparaging statements.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. In Young’s case, the hospital argued that her letter contained false and disparaging statements.

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