Patient Safety

Where Are the Firing Offenses in Medicine?

Patrick Malone | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Patrick Malone

In the medical industry, for a doctor to lose their license only a flagrant pattern of drug or alcohol abuse or other criminal behavior will put the practitioner out of business. This needs to change.

Memo to Congress: Listen to the Patients on National Patient Safety Day

Patrick Malone | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Patrick Malone

These advocates have turned their own tragic losses into a crusade to make our hospitals and clinics cleaner and safer, demanding they become more open in dealing with tragic mistakes.