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The Cost of Courage
From small community hospitals, to Ivy League medical centers, physicians are increasingly facing retaliation from hospitals for reporting poor care. America's physicians are sworn to protect their patients from harm, but increasingly face a surprising obstacle. Doctors who step forward to warn of unsafe conditions or a colleague's poor work say they have been targeted by hospital administrators or boards. This is done by labeling the physicians "disruptive," then terminating their admitting privileges and listing them in a national data bank, effectively crippling their careers.
Tags: Center Community Hospital; hospital administration; hospital boards; National Practitioner Data Ban; patient care; hospital attorneys; suspension; Cleveland's University Hospitals; physicians; whistleblower physicians; Pennsylvania Medical Society; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; American Medical Association; Health Care Quality Improvement Act; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Cleveland Clinic; Case Western Reserve University; hospital inspections; VA's Office of Healthcare Inspections
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Examining Table. Operation that rated hospitals was success, but the patient died. Cleveland clinic found fault with program of CEOs, whose ardor faded, too. Low grades spurred reforms.
The article explains what happened to Cleveland's Health Quality Choice program. The program "attempted a systematic monitoring of the quality of medical care at hospitals in the area. It made the results public, hoping to improve treatment and to help the companies save money." However, now this program has collapsed. This article explains why.
Tags: Cleveland; Health Quality Choice; medical care; quality; companies; hospitals; doctors; health care; money; costs
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2002 IRE National Conference Show and Tell Tape #1,
2002 IRE National Conference (San Francisco) Show and Tell Tape #1 features the following stories: 1) Mark Greenblatt (KOAA-Colorado Springs) Knives and other weapons are brought into area schools, but local authorities do a poor job of keeping track of the infractions. 2) Joe Ducey (KRON-San Francisco) A loophole in food transportation laws in California allows small wholesalers to truck food that should be kept cold in hot vehicles without facing any penalties. 3) Anna Werner (KHOU-Houston) presents short clips of broadcasts that illustrate good use of graphics and sound. 4) Dave Savini (WMAQ-Chicago) Area firefighters and police officers are allowed to continue patrolling the streets despite DUI convictions. 5) Jim Strickland (WSB-Atlanta) The American Biographical Institute sells dubious awards like "Man of the Year" to Regular Joes for exuberant prices. 6) Dan Noyes (ABC 7-San Francisco) A local towing company illegally tows cars that have been parked for only a half hour, instead of waiting the required hour before towing. 7) Tony Kovaleski (ABC 7-Denver) Jefferson County school bus drivers are forced to drive unsafe buses. 8) Bill Sheil (Fox 8-Cleveland) A local Muslim leader is found to have an indirect tie to an organization linked to Osama Bin Laden. 9) Twenty-five clips from various broadcasts showing camera techniques. 10) Mark Lagerkvist (News 12-Long Island) Malpractice lawsuits have a statute of limitations of two year and six months. This can harm certain patients who don't know they've been injured until five or 10 years later. 11) Darcy Spears (KVBC-Las Vegas) A local lasik eye surgery clinic recommends the surgery to all its patients -- even those who shouldn't undergo the procedure. 12) Phil Williams (WTVF-Nashville, Tenn.) A local county clerk makes one of his employees buy him beer and mow his lawn. 13) Sandra Chapman (WISH-Indianapolis) A local doctor gives out highly addictive narcotics to patients without examining them. Many of her patients are simply "dopers" who've found an easy place to buy their drugs. 14) Glen Meek (KTNV-Las Vegas) The former UCLA men's soccer coach, Todd Saldana, received his undergraduate degree from a fake university. Saldana resigned after the story broke. 15) Larry Yellen (WFLD-Chicago) Security guards at a local federal building sleep on the job.
Tags: TAPE; San Francisco; conference; no transcripts; IRE
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Fatal Failures
ABA "uses a compelling narrative chronicling convicted murderer Scott Strothers' obsession with 15-year-old Penny Chang that resulted in his brief hospitalization at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic and ended with Strothers gunning Penny down at a suburban rail station. The story tracks Strothers step-by-step, as doctors, a judge, and even his and Penny's own families failed to realize the depth of his illness and the danger he posed until it was too late."
Tags: mentally ill; individual rights; public safety; prisons
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Can the Wounds Ever Heal?
This article takes an in-depth look into the Free Clinic of Cleveland and allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination and intimidation done by the executive director. The report describes the problems between the executive director and a volunteer at the clinic. These problems ultimately led to the volunteer, who was an integral part of the clinic, being fired.
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A three month I-Team investigation linked the deaths of three men to a popular doctor at a medical clinic near downtown Cleveland. The series showed how Dr. Charles Dunifer often over-prescribed powerful prescription drugs to patients he knew were addicted to painkillers. All three men died of accidental prescription overdoses during a three month period. (Feb. 21, 22 & March 6, 1995)
Tags: TAPE; Monday Dr. Dunifen Contest entry Malpractice Medicine 30 pgs.