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The Connecticut Center for Patient Safety works in our communities, within our healthcare systems, and with elected officials to improve the quality of healthcare and to protect the rights of injured patients through education, accountability, and advocacy.

Officers & Directors

Gus Velez
President

Susan Manganello
Vice President
Co-Chair - Education & Research and Advocacy Committee Member

Hope Kasper
Finance and Fundraising Committee Member

Brenda Shipley
Secretary and Research & Advocacy Committee Member
Co-Chair - Policy for CT Center for Patient Safety

Jeanne Hamilton
Immediate Past President & Governance Committee Member

Queenie Collins
Governance Committee Member

Lisa Freeman
Technology and Fundraising Committee Member

John Torello
Research & Advocacy Committee Member

Jack Hickey-Williams
Honorary Board Member

Jean Rexford
Executive Director & Ex-Officio of Committees


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Health Care Blog

TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a problem in the OR
By Stacey Naggiar and Kerri Zimmer  NBC News    A new report suggests doctors across the country are…
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C-HIT Story Sparks US Senators’ Request For Probe of State Medical Boards Physician Oversight
New Haven Independent by Lisa Chedekel | Feb 20, 2012 8:00 pm.   Three U.S. senators are asking…
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Substantially Unsafe – Medical Devices Pose Great Threat to Patients; safeguards Must be Strengthened, Not Weakened
February 2012  www.citizen.org   Regulation of medical devices—a $350 billion industry that includes…
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5 Things to Know

  1. What you need to know in the Hospital
  2. 15 Steps You Can Take To Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection
  3. Selecting Doctors & Hospitals
  4. What to do to avoid medication error
  5. AHRQ Director Helps Consumers Navigate the Health Care System in a New Advice Column on the Web