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6 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Dori Molozanov
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as of 2014, 13 states covered family planning through Medicaid SPAs and 16 states had family planning Medicaid waiver programs. [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 9:01 am
Tejal Gandhi, president of the National Patient Safety Foundation, said medication errors and adverse events affect as many as 1 in 4 patients within 30 days of being prescribed a drug. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 2:32 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Becky is an advocate for employee benefits in the legislative arena regularly testifying at the Texas State Capitol and engaging our federal elected officials on insurance related matters. [read post]
31 May 2014, 9:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Becky is an advocate for employee benefits in the legislative arena regularly testifying at the Texas State Capitol and engaging our federal elected officials on insurance related matters. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 12:27 pm by Rebecca Jeschke
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is launching a new medical privacy project today to identify the emerging issues and to give advocates the information they need to fight for stronger protections for patients. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 10:11 am
In their latest report "Safety Is Personal: Partnering with Patients and Families for the Safest Care" the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute is advocating for the inclusion of patients and families in clinical activities, health care design and delivery as well as policy development. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 9:09 am by Joe Consumer
Patient advocates said the study verifies what they’ve heard from skilled nursing patients and their families. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 11:39 am
Charles Denham was a leading advocate for patient safety who, says ProPublica, invoked a study during discussions about preventing hospital infections endorsing ChloraPrep, an antiseptic skin cleanser made by CareFusion, the company in question. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 9:06 pm by Lyle Denniston
Messenger of Springfield, Virginia, a lawyer with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, with thirty minutes of time. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 10:59 am by Guest Blogger
Had it been “law for the layman,” or otherwise of public interest, it might constitute the nucleus and foundation of the law of evidence today. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 6:03 am by Dave Maass
This inhibition, in turn, hinders TechFreedom's ability to advocate effectively for its ideas. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 4:48 am by Jon Gelman
(workers-compensation.blogspot.com) New York Second in Nation for Questionable Workers' Compensation Claims (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 10:53 am by Dave Maass
National Lawyers Guild, Patient Privacy Rights and The Shalom Center Among 22 Groups Asserting Right to Free AssociationSan Francisco - Five new groups—including civil-rights lawyers, medical-privacy advocates and Jewish social-justice activists—have joined a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) against the National Security Agency (NSA) over the unconstitutional collection of bulk telephone call records. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 3:45 pm
With California on board for alternative nursing home support, patients across our state could begin to see new options for residential care. [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 1:46 pm
Helen Haskell, a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation's board of governors and founder of Mothers Against Medical Error, told ModernHealthcare that even if medical boards are constrained by their state legislatures, “Public Citizen plays a vital role, and they're the only people taking on this issue. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 1:09 pm
The friend or family member/patient advocate should keep track of the follow-up appointments and make sure the patient is aware of them in advance. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 4:05 pm
” Its name stands for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, and it will partner the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in hopes of obtaining more nuanced brain research. [read post]
13 May 2013, 11:36 am
Michael Okun, a neurologist at the University of Florida and the national medical director for the National Parkinson Foundation, explained that Parkinson’s is typically a disease that affects older adults, and they’re at greater risk for medication errors “even in good hospitals. [read post]