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The 8 biggest global health controversies and scandals in …

(5 days ago) Australia’s offshore detention policy for refugees and asylum seekers have long been the subject of criticism, but in October, it drew yet more after the Nauru government ordered the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontièresto halt its mental health interventions on the … See more

https://www.devex.com/news/the-8-biggest-global-health-controversies-and-scandals-in-2018-94048

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Justice Department Charges Dozens for $1.2 Billion in …

(3 days ago) WEBFor example, cardiovascular genetic testing was not a method of diagnosing whether an individual presently had a cardiac condition and was not approved by …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-dozens-12-billion-health-care-fraud

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Healthcare scandals and the failings of doctors - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBIn this paper, we develop a multi-level analysis of poor practice and misconduct involving doctors in the UK. Drawing loosely on the analytical framework …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068725/

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How Insurers Exploited Medicare Advantage for …

(3 days ago) WEBReed Abelson covers the business of health care, focusing on health insurance and how financial incentives affect the delivery of medical care. She has been a reporter for The Times since 1995.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html

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Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in …

(Just Now) WEBThe Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against 42 doctors and nurses and nearly 100 other medical …

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/feds-charge-138-medical-professionals-including-doctors-1-4b-telehealth-fraud-case

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Stafford Hospital scandal: The real story behind Channel …

(6 days ago) WEB19 December 2019. CHANNEL4/LAURA RADFORD. Sian Brooke and Sue Johnston take on the roles of Julie Bailey and her mother Bella. It was one of the biggest scandals in the history of the NHS and saw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-50836324

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New Details Exposed In Unethical Liver Study At San …

(Just Now) WEBThe San Diego VA Medical Center in La Jolla is shown on Sept. 26, 2019. For the second time, a federal watchdog agency found that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ investigation into unethical

https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2021/02/12/new-details-unethical-liver-study-san-diego-va

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DOJ charges 138 - CNBC

(2 days ago) WEBFeds charge 138, including doctors, with $1.4 billion in health-care fraud involving telemedicine, Covid, opioids. The Department of Justice announced criminal …

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/doj-charges-138-with-health-care-fraud-including-opioids-covid-telemedicine.html

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Whorlton Hall: Hospital 'abused' vulnerable adults - BBC …

(2 days ago) WEBThe 17-bed hospital is one of scores of such units in England that provide care for just below 2,300 adults with learning disabilities and autism. Many are detained under the Mental Health Act.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48367071

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What we know about the hacking attack that targeted the …

(9 days ago) WEBSCOTT SIMON, HOST: Major hacking attack threw parts of the U.S. health care system into chaos a couple of months ago. The hackers breached the Change …

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649283/what-we-know-about-the-hacking-attack-that-targeted-the-u-s-healthcare-system

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Top Healthcare Fraud Takedowns of 2020

(6 days ago) WEBFeds charge 10 individuals in $1.4B rural hospital billing scheme. One of the largest healthcare fraud takedowns in 2020 involved charges against 10 individuals, including hospital managers, laboratory …

https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/top-healthcare-fraud-takedowns-of-2020

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Unpublished hospital patient safety reports exposed - BBC News

(2 days ago) WEBSince the 2015 Morecambe Bay maternity scandal in which 11 babies and a mother died, NHS Trusts are supposed to publish summaries of external reviews, and …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57144923

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Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud …

(8 days ago) WEBAmerican pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement-its-history

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Tolerating bad health research: the continuing scandal - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBWe identified 96 reviews authored by 546 reviewers from 49 clinical Cochrane Review Groups that included 1659 trials done in 84 countries. Of the 1640 trials …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9161194/

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Dozens in 16 States Charged With Health Care Fraud Schemes, …

(6 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one …

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-06-28/dozens-in-16-states-charged-with-health-care-fraud-schemes-including-1-9b-in-bogus-claims

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Healthcare scandals in the NHS: crime and punishment

(6 days ago) WEBThe Francis Report into failures of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital documented a series of ‘shocking’ systematic failings in healthcare that left patients …

https://jme.bmj.com/content/37/4/230

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Essex hospital where staff abused patients was warned by CQC

(8 days ago) WEBThe Yew Trees revelations, the latest in a string of abuse scandals involving care of inpatients with learning disabilities, prompted campaigners to call for …

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/24/essex-hospital-where-staff-abused-patients-was-warned-by-cqc

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A surgeon’s lawsuit highlights gender disparities and workplace

(7 days ago) WEBThe 2021 Physician Compensation Report from Doximity, a professional medical network for U.S. health care workers, found that there are no medical …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/surgeons-lawsuit-highlights-gender-disparities-workplace-discriminatio-rcna22908

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These are the fake health news that went viral in 2019

(8 days ago) WEBSocial media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here's what went most viral. The most viral health misinformation in 2019 was on the topics of cancer, …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/social-media-hosted-lot-fake-health-news-year-here-s-n1107466

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Serious Ethical Violations in Medicine: A Statistical and Ethical

(3 days ago) WEBFrequency. Only a minority of physicians commit serious ethical violations. According to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), 0.5% of physicians are the subject of state …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6460481/

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UPDATE: The 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2020, So Far

(8 days ago) WEB2. Florida Orthopaedic Institute: 640,000 Patients. A ransomware attack on the Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) potentially breached the data of about 640,000 …

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/the-10-biggest-healthcare-data-breaches-of-2020-so-far

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List of medical ethics cases - Wikipedia

(8 days ago) WEBPsychosurgery. 1880s. Psychosurgery (also called neurosurgery for mental disorder) has a long history. During the 1960s and 1970s, it became the subject of increasing public …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_ethics_cases

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There's a long list of NHS inquiries, but what have they actually

(9 days ago) WEBPublic inquiries are the weapon of choice for ministers faced with a public outcry over scandals and avoidable loss of life. From the Piper Alpha oil rig to the …

https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2016/mar/04/national-health-service-nhs-inquiries-what-have-they-changed

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Lack of leadership was at heart of hospitals’ failings, report says

(1 days ago) WEBPoor leadership among senior medical staff and hospital management was at the heart of recent failings in the NHS in England and Scotland, says a report from the …

https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3799

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UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of …

(4 days ago) WEBThe intrusion at its Change Healthcare unit, which processes about 50% of U.S. medical claims, was one of the worst hacks to hit American healthcare and caused …

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/unitedhealth-says-hack-could-impact-data-substantial-proportion-americans-2024-04-22/

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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on …

(6 days ago) WEBThe health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/

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Opinion The Question of Transgender Care - The New York Times

(6 days ago) WEBIt is about what the health care approach should be, and how best to help the growing number of children and young people who are looking for support from the …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/transgender-care-cass-report.html

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The Change Healthcare cyberattack is a 'catastrophe' for American

(Just Now) WEBA health care behemoth. When UnitedHealth announced its plan to buy Change in January 2021, executives framed the deal as an almost magical fix. The …

https://fortune.com/2024/04/23/change-healthcare-cyberattack-unitedhealth-hack-ransomware/

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Unions rally at Fall River hospital as Steward Health Care in crisis

(Just Now) WEBFALL RIVER — Tracy Bishop, an employee of Saint Anne’s Hospital for the past 20 years, said the facility is more than her workplace. “It’s a family hospital," she …

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/2024/04/26/unions-rally-at-fall-river-hospital-as-steward-health-care-in-crisis/73462586007/

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Unions warn of dire impacts from Steward-Carney hospital crisis

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 75 people attended a union-organized community forum about the ongoing crisis involving Steward Health Care and Carney Hospital on Thursday evening …

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/unions-warn-dire-impacts-steward-carney-hospital-crisis

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Why does implicit bias matter in health care? - The Conversation

(2 days ago) WEBIn March 2024, four U.S. senators led a resolution calling out the “implicit racial and ethnic biases within the health care system, which have an explicit impact on the …

https://theconversation.com/do-implicit-bias-trainings-on-race-improve-health-care-not-yet-but-incorporating-the-latest-science-can-help-hospitals-treat-all-patients-equitably-226289

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5 Strategies for Improving Mental Health at Work - Harvard …

(2 days ago) WEBThe author, who wrote a book on mental health and work last year, explores several key ways organizations haven’t gone far enough in implementing a culture of …

https://hbr.org/2024/04/5-strategies-for-improving-mental-health-at-work

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Associations between outpatient care and later hospital …

(8 days ago) WEBBackground Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admissions put a substantial burden on hospitals, most of the patients’ contacts with …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-10975-4

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Dr. Veronica Kelley Promoted to OC Health Care Agency Director

(3 days ago) WEBVeronica Kelley, DSW, MSW, LCSW, has been selected as the new director of the OC Health Care Agency (HCA), effective March 22, 2024. Dr. Kelley has served …

https://www.latimes.com/b2bpublishing/orange-county-inspirational-women-forum-and-leadership-awards-2024/story/2024-04-28/dr-veronica-kelley-promoted-to-oc-health-care-agency-director

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Xaira Therapeutics $1 billion funding round shows investors' high

(2 days ago) WEBThe pursuit to use AI to discover new life-saving drugs got a big boost this week when a new company, Xaira Therapeutics, emerged from stealth with $1 billion in …

https://fortune.com/2024/04/25/ai-for-drug-discovery-xaira-therapeutics/

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Direct Care Department of Labor & Employment

(3 days ago) WEBDirect Care Workforce“Direct care workers” work in the healthcare industry, in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. The term “direct care workers” usually includes Nursing …

https://cdle.colorado.gov/dlss/healthcare/direct-care

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