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Connecticut State lawmakers are moving ahead with legislation they say will fix a problem with Connecticut's medical malpractice law that has kept some legitimate lawsuits out of the courts. View

Listen to CTCPS's own Jean Rexford discussing Patient Safety on WNPR's Where We Live from March 6, 2012 show. Listen 

Safety Advocates Unveil Device Safety Agenda, Ramp Up Lobbying - InsideHealthPolicy.com by Nanci Bompey - Wednesday February 15, 2012 View

Safe To Be Sick in the National Journal By Maggie Fox Updated: January 26, 2012 10:25 am View

Hospital Errors Persist, State Probes Rare by Lisa Chedekel on Jan 29, 2012 9:00 pm View

Blumenthal Sponsors Bill To Protect Patients From Unsafe Medical Devices View

CTCPS joins 30 other organizations in a call for Safe Drug Manufacturing Reforms Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 View

Red flags raised with alarming medical board decisions - Debra Friedman, Staff Writer View

Disciplines Docs Practice Freely In State View

A Jan 21 article in the Journal Inquirer (Manchester) cites CTCPs's efforts on hospital acquired infection View

 

Healthcare in the News

FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation View

Troubling Flaws in a Heart Device Shake Implant Makers. View

Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines. View

Conn. Law Nixing Legitimate Malpractice Lawsuits has led to many cases being dismissed View

Pfizer Inc. must pay more than $45 million in damages to two women who blamed the company's menopause drugs for their breast cancers View

Patients Can Protect Themselves Against Hospital Errors and Infections View

Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes View

Bill Would Require More Monitoring of Implants View

Doing Things Right: Why Three Hospitals Didn't Harm My Wife View

CT DPH - Legislative Report To The General Assembly ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING View

Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors, hospitals and other health care providers View

Patient Safety Advocates Start New England Watchdog Group View

Medical Professionals Fail to Report Near-Misses View

Will $1.2 Million a Day Convince Congress to Buy Big Pharma's Rx for Change? View

Jurevicius sues Browns over staph View

EDITORIAL: State should ban gifts to doctors View

Bill would limit 'gifts' to doctors View

End Drug Company Gifts To Doctors View

Drug Company Gifts Are Bad Medicine View

What You Don't Know About a Drug Can Hurt You View

Lack of federal-level hospital oversight leaves patients suffering View

NPR doc didn't disclose pharma payments View

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report View

 


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