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FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2013 Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Updated Safety Recommendations FDA is providing updated safety information and recommendations to patients and health care professionals based on the agency’s current assessment of metal-on-metal hip implants, including: the benefits and risks the evaluation of published literature the results of an FDA advisory panel meeting held...

As more and more elderly Americans choose to spend their later years in assisted living facilities, FRONTLINE and ProPublica examine whether this loosely regulated, multi-billion dollar industry is putting seniors at risk? Our film, “Life and Death in Assisted Living” airs on PBS tonight at 10 pm... Read entire article here

Emeritus Senior Living, the country’s largest assisted living company, has crafted detailed plans to respond to PBS Frontline and ProPublica’s investigation of the company and the assisted living industry. Saying the report could lead to... click here to read the entire article.  

There have been 20 veterans who have tested positive for Hepatitis after the Buffalo VA Hospital used the same, blood-tainted insulin pens on several patients. Read more here....  

Article from NBC News about how hospitals profit from surgical errors. Click here to read

Channel 2 -Rich Products has expanded the recall of Farm Rich products to now include all products made at their plant in Waycross, Georgia. Meanwhile the CDC said Friday they are now investigating 27 cases of E.Coli sickness; two of which they say are connecte.... To read more from this article, click here   Channel 4 -  New...

It is a story being talked about throughout the nation. An employee at a senior living center in California -- who identified herself as a "nurse"--- refusing a 9-1-1- operator's instructions to begin CPR on a resident ... read more

From Associated Press.  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government investigators have found that Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their...Read more

Consider this scenario: a patient with a bedsore is admitted into a nursing facility. During her stay, she develops three more bedsores. The facility fails to track and treat each wound properly, further complicating and prolonging her healing. Unfortunately, it is not hypothetical - OIG found this and many other examples of substandard care while...

Prior to the establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970, workers had little protection to keep them safe while on the job. OSHA works to maintain regulations that aim to keep the workplace as safe as possible. The Purpose of OSHA OSHA strives to keep workers safe by maintaining a strict...

Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail to Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements Click here to view Podcasts