Patient Safety

https://vimeo.com/385600174 As she walked into the hospital on August 1, 2012, Annette Ramirez was nervous. At age 48, she was about to have the first surgery of her life; a...

Two years ago, and four years before that, and at every legislative review of the Medical Board of California in recent memory, Californians have turned out to tell the...

At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call for the state to respond...

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By Emily Valdez, KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA May 22, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.  Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, applauding Governor...

By Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang, CALMATTERS April 27, 2022 https://calmatters.org/health/2022/04/medical-malpractice-california-deal/ A measure slated for California’s November ballot that sought to raise the cap on medical malpractice awards could be pulled,...

By Sasha Lauren, CITY WATCH LA December 9, 2021 https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/wellness/23253-the-medical-board-of-california-and-state-legislators-fail-to-protect-consumers MEDICAL WATCH - If a doctor harms you or kills a loved one, what recourse is there in California? What mechanisms track and...

WOMEN OF COLOR are disproportionately harmed by California’s outdated limits on compensation for patients injured by medical negligence. Systemic inequities in our health care system mean women of color receive lower quality...

By Laura S. Diaz, THE STOCKTON RECORD February 12, 2021 https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2021/02/12/manteca-march-seeks-medical-negligence-justice/6730065002/ MANTECA — Shawn Washington III was coughing up blood and having difficulty breathing when he sought help at the Kaiser Permanente emergency room...

Medical malpractice insurance premiums increased more quickly in states that enacted caps than in states that did nothing. A national analysis for Americans for Insurance Reform by Robert Hunter, former...