Health Care and Privacy
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
HUP Cited for Hitting, Mistreating ER Patients
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. Security personnel at a major Philadelphia hospital dragged an emergency room patient from her seat, deliberately ...
Monday, June 13, 2022
Fire In Hospital OR Injures Patient
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. A 60-year old patient suffered facial burns and had to be transferred to a tertiary care burn center after a fire ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Multiple Errors in Vet Benefit Program
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. Multiple errors were uncovered in a multimillion veterans program, according to a 50-page audit report from the In...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
State "Edits" Hospital Incident Reports
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. In increasing numbers the Pennsylvania Health Department has been publicly posting inspection reports on hospitals...
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Patient at City Facility Sexually Abused
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Note: This story was updated on May 18 with comment from the city Health Department. By Walter F. Roche Jr. A cognitively impaired longt...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
VA RN Failed to Assess Suicidal Veteran
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. An unnamed nurse practitioner at a Veterans Administration facility in Pittsburgh failed to perform a risk assessm...
Thursday, April 14, 2022
"You Can't Kill Dead."..Hospital Employee
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By Walter F. Roche Jr. A patient at a Pittsburgh area hospital died after a doctor's orders were ignored and drug errors abounded, acc...
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