Review criticizes East Bay hospital
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, one of the premier hospitals of the East Bay, is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation after performing poorly in a hospital industry audit.
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Only two months ago, the Emergency Department at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was piled high with patient charts: files clogged with physicians' notes and nurses' follow-throughs, with test orders and lab results and a plethora of other printouts and paperwork. As in most EDs, keeping track of everyt...
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A complaining patient removed from a medical practice's list has prompted concerns about new doctors' contracts.
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LABOR has again rejected claims that its plan for free hospital care for over-75s had not been properly costed. A report by Econtech, commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association, has estimated
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh can&#39;t say yet whether a private clinic in Montreal for medical emergencies would violate the Canada Health Act, but critics say the violation is obvious.
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A doctors&#39; group apologized Friday after a report blamed a &quot;major systems failure&quot; for the death of a 41-year-old woman, in a case fueling debate about the much-criticised health care system.
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British troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving appalling care in British hospitals, according to families who have made complaints similar to those leveled against Walter Reed Army Medical Center ...Comment
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The warning concerns work done by Ecumed Health Group in Hialeah. The women are being told to seek another screening or an independent review of past film to ensure breast cancer warnings.
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A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 6--EAST BAY CITIES that have problems with blighted rental units should take a close look at the success Pittsburg is having in dealing with the problem.
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Hundreds of people on Monday protested the proposed closure of a public hospital&#39;s trauma unit that serves a wide swath of South Los Angeles and regularly treats victims of gang violence.
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An inner-city hospital struggled to survive Wednesday amid a new report of breakdowns in patient care, the replacement of its chief medical officer and an ultimatum to correct long-running problems or close.
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Turns out the trouble at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the focus of a firestorm of criticism over poor treatment of wounded war veterans, reached into the mailroom.
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LOS ANGELES Two trauma experts have found that treatment at the Martin Luther King Junior/King Drew Medical Center is &quot;poor to marginal.
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Incident has fueled criticism of a plan to build a state-of-the-art research lab to study some of the world's most lethal germs in Boston.
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A small clinic that handled the cases of thousands of 9/11 recovery and cleanup workers is coming under scrutiny.
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By The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 25--The Hospital Compare Web site is www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov. The Web site address was incorrect in a story headlined "St. Joseph on par with hospitals around U.S." on page B1 in the Whatcom section of the June 23 edition of The Bellingham Herald.