From time to time, I post about the penalties assessed against California hospitals in their immediate jeapordy program.
This program, which started in 2009, California publicizes incidents in hospitals that violate state licensure requirements and have caused or were likely to cause serious injury or death to a patient.
In the most recent release, 10 hospitals were penalized a combined total of $625,000 with retained surgical objects, patient falls, and medication errors being the top...
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