July 28, 2015 by admin
(Philadelphia Inquirer: Published 07/23/2015, Nadolny, Tricia, Web) Citing the deaths of two children, including a West Chester boy killed when his dresser toppled onto him, IKEA and federal regulators Wednesday announced a recall affecting 27 million units and said the company would distribute new anchor kits to tether the furniture to the wall. In a […]
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July 16, 2015 by admin
The Philadelphia Inquirer on July 12, 2015 reports that one consequence of hospitals’ buying up physician practices is that routine procedures are now being performed more often in the hospital than in the doctor’s office. This is costing more as Medicare pays more if your colonoscopy or echocardiogram is done in the hospital. The differences […]
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July 13, 2015 by admin
(ProPublica: Published 07/12/2015, Ornstein, Charles, Web) Some facilities fail to properly oversee Coumadin. Too much can cause bleeding; too little, clots. Nursing homes are “a perfect setup for bad things happening,” one expert says. From 2011 to 2014, at least 165 nursing home residents were hospitalized or died after errors involving Coumadin or its generic […]
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July 2, 2015 by admin
From The Philadelphia Inquirer: The survivors of two men killed in the May 12 Amtrak crash in Philadelphia filed wrongful-death lawsuits Monday, June 28, 2015. Several lawsuits have been filed by passengers and Amtrak employees injured in the derailment of Train 188 in Port Richmond, but the new lawsuits were the first two involving passengers who were killed. […]
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