Safe Patient Project: New Hampshire

NH: State releases first hospital infection report

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:51:04 -0600

The long overdue report is in response to a 2006 state law requiring reporting of central line bloodstream infections. and infections acquired after heart, colon and knee surgeries. A separate report details influenza vaccination rates among hospital staff.

Initial N.H. report finds fewer cases of hospital infections

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:20:15 -0600

New Hampshire released the first report on health care associated infections. The law was passed in 2006 and results have finally been published.

NH Healthcare-Associated Infections 2009 Report

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:18:41 -0600

Why Not The Best? Comparative Reports on Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:48:34 -0600

Users of WhyNotTheBest.org can now search for and compare data from more than 900 hospitals on the incidence of central line�associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)�one of the most lethal hospital-acquired complications. The data show wide variation in CLABSI incidence, in spite of strong evidence on how to prevent them. This data is made possible through a partnership among The Commonwealth Fund, The Leapfrog Group, and Consumers Union.

Overtreatment

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:03:26 -0600

Surgeries, procedures or medications you thought were unnecessary?

State Plans to Address Healthcare-Associated Infections

Thu, 27 May 2010 13:35:28 -0600

Plans about what the states are supposed to be doing to eliminate hospital acquired infections.

CEO's pay rarely discussed, ex-CMC board members say

Mon, 24 May 2010 15:59:42 -0600

Are hospital CEOs getting paid too much? Catholic Medical Center's President made over 1.3 million.

Antimicrobial Resistance State Fact Sheets Map

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:12:19 -0600

Link to map that highlights antimicrobial resistance issues at the state level.

Term for guilty ex-nurse

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:41:48 -0600

Southern NH Medical Center Nurse Sentenced for stealing narcotics & replacing them with saline

NH Hospital Faces Suit After 'Smearing' Lab Director Over Failed CAP Inspection

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:38:12 -0600

Wentworth Douglas Hospital Faces Lawsuit over Smearing Lab Director

Lawyer says lab doctor is victim of WDH smear campaign

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:32:40 -0600

Wentworth Douglas Hospital's Laboratory on probation

Medical Error Survey for Patients

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:20 -0600

This survey was created for patients who have experienced medical harm, their loved ones and their advocates. This survey was created by the Empowered Patient Coalition and we have jointly published this survey on our websites. This survey is designed to answer questions that are important to patients. This is a way for patients to report their experience as they have lived it, and to know that their report will be counted.The Empowered Patient Coalition will be entering the events annonymously on a map so you can see your error and others in your state by clciking on the map.

Hospital panel should focus on quality of care

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:34:30 -0600

Preventing harm will save money

Public deserves a voice on health quality commission

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:50:14 -0600

If the New Hampshire Hospital Association has its way, the euphemistically named New Hampshire Health Care Quality Assurance Commission will continue operating without accountability to the public, in closed and secretive sessions and with only hospital and human services representation. That's a dangerous problem for consumers of health care and for patient safety.

Doctors, Officials Fight Against Prescription Drug Addiction

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:56:56 -0600

New Hampshire ranks fourth in the nation for deadly methadone overdoses, and health professionals and law enforcement are battling to keep it and other prescription drugs out of the wrong hands.