We need to be mindful of the fact that the countries in the region, such as Yemen, are currently incapable of mitigating the threat posed by...
The Philadelphia VAMC's brachytherapy program has been suspended since June 2008.
Through several settlements, state regulators have returned nearly one billion dollars to consumers.
Our state is ravaged by the fallout from irresponsible lending--too many loans that never should have been made.
The neighborhoods hardest hit by the subprime crisis have been those where minority residents predominate.
At what point would you determine it is appropriate for the IG to release something versus for this to be internal?
How many lives need to be at risk before this is a medical problem?
One is too many, so we have to go for zero tolerance.
I guess I am having a little disconnect because in the previous question you suggested they were ignored.
I would agree.
Last week, you released a report evaluating VHA's National Patient Safety Program.
So why would an institution not require a health care professional to follow the manufacturer's recommended sterilization and/or the FDA's r...
There is a human element to this issue that must not be forgotten or overlooked at all.
You read an independent review of the Pennsylvania facility on the brachy treatment. If an independent facility went and assessed all of the...
So, in other words, the medical alerts that went out were ignored or devalued from a standpoint of importance?
Now the VA has maintained that it is very transparent when it comes to its disclosure of adverse events, even more so than the private secto...
How about from a standpoint of infection? How many Hepatitis B or HIV before this is a medical problem?
I deeply respect the work that they do.
