Survey Of Patient Safety In Oregon

November 3, 2025

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC), a non-regulatory, semi-independent state agency that supports healthcare facilities and providers in improving patient safety in Oregon, partnered with a local research firm in early 2025 to conduct a statewide survey to learn more about how medical harm [...]

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9 Baby Deaths Following Open Heart Surgery At Florida Hospital

June 9, 2015

On June 2, 2015, the ninth baby died after having heart surgery at a Florida hospital that opened its pediatric open heart surgery program in December 2011. CNN has reported that the death rate for babies after open heart surgery at the Florida hospital between 2011 and 2013 was 12.5%, which is thr[...]

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Patient Dumping (The EMTALA Anti-Patient Dumping Statute)

March 8, 2012

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”) was enacted by the U.S. Congress to prevent hospitals from “dumping” patients in need of emergency care. The EMTALA was passed in 1986 in response to reports that hospitals were engaging in “patient du[...]

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