Hospital Translation Rule Challenged
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SAN DIEGO Aug. 31, 2004 - Several doctors and a group supporting English as the nation&#39;s official language filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Clinton-era executive order requiring federally funded hospitals
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Hospitals are told they must do more to tackle infections - including the MRSA superbug - at Welsh hospitals.
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Â· Clean record and ability to speak English required Â· Spokesman admits proposal is contentious
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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They say more translators are needed due to a language barrier keeping the South's rapidly growing Hispanic communities from getting medical care.
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WASHINGTON -- The World Health Organization says one in 10 hospital patients are victims of sometimes fatal medical mistakes that could have been prevented.
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Quebec hospitals have been ordered to isolate patients who are infected with C. difficile. But according to some patients, that isn&#39;t happening fast enough.
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Insistence on an official language means complications for a diverse work force.
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BY LAW, hospitals provide free emergency care for illegal immigrants. But the costs are bruising, and pending federal regulations could scare away patients.
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A Virginia Supreme Court commission on mental health laws yesterday proposed loosening the state's standard for when mentally ill people should be committed to hospitals, an issue that has come to the fore since the Virginia Tech shootings last spring.
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Proposed healthcare regulation changes in the European Union could threaten UK patient care standards, say doctors. The proposed EU Services Directive is designed to ensure free movement of doctors around
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even deadly -- mistakes in hospitals, but an overwhelming majority say the solution lies in easy-to-read, published safety report cards
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The influx of doctors has created teething problems, some amusing - like the language confusion - some more serious.
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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Politics: 17 January 2005, Monday. It is possible that a technical mistake at the translation of Libyan Congress declaration is made, according to former defence of the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death.
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Hospitals should be fined if they harm patients, the government's chief medical officer has proposed.
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A union is trying to force nonprofit groups like hospitals to comply with standards of governing similar to those that federal law requires of private companies.