Patient Safety
Rowan Gibbs
Rowan Gibbs had a smile that would light up a room. He was a happy child with a heart filled with love for his family, and a willingness to...
Brittany Wilkinson
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Around the Fresno area, she was something of a minor celebrity, a buoyant teen beating the odds against a rare illness. Brittany Wilkinson pushed hard to raise awareness of...
Aspen Adams
Aspen Adams was a happy, healthy, energetic baby. But when she was 21 months old, her mother Leah discovered a lump on her belly.
She took Aspen to the doctor...
Anthony Fossett
Anthony Fossett was a young aspiring musician and a beloved member of his community. An alumnus of Youth Radio's Core and Bridge program, Anthony wanted to be a music...
Angelica Chisolm
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Angelica lived in service of others. Before her health began to deteriorate, she was a job coach for people with disabilities. Before that, she was a journalist for a...
Patients’ call for Medical Board reform is front-and-center in Sacramento
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...
Initial Report of Medical Board Enforcement Monitor Confirms Investigation Delays and Failure to Discipline DoctorsÂ
Initial findings of the Medical Board Enforcement Monitor, released this week, confirm that the Medical Board’s investigations of doctors are hamstrung by funding shortfalls and that prosecutions are undermined by a crippling division between investigators and attorneys housed in different agencies.
Advocates from Across the State Testify in Pursuit of Medical Board Reform
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...
Consumer Watchdog and Its Volunteer Team of Advocates Fight for Babies’ Rights at the Osteopathic Medical Board
Consumer Watchdog and a volunteer team of advocates attended and participated in last week’s Osteopathic Medical Board Quarterly meeting to testify on issues with the enforcement process, how the...
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