Patient Safety

​​​​​​​New Medical Board App Falls Short Of the In-Person Disclosure of Physician Misconduct That Patients Deserve, Says Consumer Watchdog

July 26, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – A new app released by the Medical Board of California today cannot replace a simple in-person disclosure as the best way to...

Consumer Watchdog Calls On Attorney General To Investigate Fresno Hospital Accused Of Covering Up Doctor’s Negligence

July 12, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – The state must launch an immediate investigation into a Fresno hospital and its executives accused by whistleblowers of covering up years of...

Bill To End Silence About Doctor Sexual Assault and Other Patient Harm Advances

June 19, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Legislation to lift the veil of secrecy around physician sexual assault and other patient harm today passed its final policy committee, the Assembly...

Ca. Senate Bucks Medical Lobby & Passes Bill to Lift Veil of Secrecy About Physician Sexual Assault & Other Doctor Misconduct Causing Patient Harm

May 30, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – The California State Senate rejected secrecy about physician sexual assault and other doctor misconduct today when it voted 28-3 to support SB...

Patients With Medical Horror Stories Demand the California Medical Board Back Patient Bill of Rights Requiring Transparency, Accountability To Prevent Patient Harm

April 19, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – Patients who were sexually assaulted by doctors and lost loved ones to doctors’ negligence shared their medical horror stories today and...

Sexual Assault Allegations Against Salinas Doctor Go Unaddressed By Hospital and Regulators

April 3, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit patient advocacy group Consumer Watchdog called on state regulators to immediately suspend the license of a Salinas doctor being...

Grieving Parents and Ralph Nader Call Out Gov. Brown

January 24, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

SAN JOSE, CA — With the state of the state speech tomorrow, the parents of a child killed by a doctor who got off with only...

California Supreme Court Affirms Medical Board’s Use Of State Prescription Drug Database to Discipline Dangerous Doctors and Prevent Opioid Abuse

July 17, 2017  ·  Carmen Balber

Santa Monica, CA – The California Supreme Court today issued a decision affirming the right of the Medical Board of California to use the state...

La Jolla Physician Michelle Brown’s Medical License Suspended

July 13, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

An accusation filed by the Attorney General of California, on behalf of the Medical Board of California, details how La Jolla Doctor Michelle Brown dealt...

U.S. House Narrowly Passes Bill Stripping Rights of Patients Harmed By Medical Negligence

June 28, 2017  ·  Carmen Balber

Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog condemned today’s vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill taking away the rights of patients...

Medical Board Oversight of California Doctors Remains Broken, Consumer Watchdog Will Testify Today at Legislative Hearing into Board’s Future

March 1, 2017  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Physician oversight remains broken four years after a legislative review committee considered shutting down the Medical Board of California if it did...

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