Article: Proposed New Jersey Law Denies Hospital Documents to Medical Error Victims.

Article: New Jersey Victims of Medical Errors ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... suffering. In June, hundreds of New Jersey doctors converged on the State ... window open" for other victims of medical errors. Rivera, who gave up her full ... insurance for 7,000 doctors in New Jersey, plans to stop renewing policies ...

Article: Medical errors caused 72 deaths at N.J. hospitals
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... County, NJ) 12-18-2008 Medical errors caused 72 deaths at N.J ... patients died as a result of medical errors in New Jersey hospitals in 2007, and the ... report. Nationally and in New Jersey, operating on the wrong body ...

Article: Medicare refusing to pay hospitals for medical ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 2, 2008 ;     512 words ... ... hospitals for medical errors that include operating ... Wednesday. In New Jersey, the AARP wants ... regulations to stop New Jersey Medicaid funds ... from preventable medical errors," said Marilyn Askin, AARP New Jersey chief legislative ...

Article: Victims of medical errors may face hurdle
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... die each year nationwide from medical errors - more than die from car accidents ... inflated, they don't dispute that medical errors are an enormous problem. New Jersey hospitals are required to report medical errors to the state Department of Health ...

Article: New Jersey lawmakers approve bill to tighten rules ...
Health & Medicine Week;  March 15, 2004 ;     670 words ... ... net) -- The New Jersey Senate approved ... professionals to report medical errors involving patients ... the number of medical errors in New Jersey and spare innocent ... has enveloped medical errors should end ... healthcare in New Jersey," ...

Article: Medical errors to be reported under new law
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 04-28-2004 Medical errors to be reported ... report serious medical errors to state regulators ... strive to protect New Jersey's families ... each year of medical errors. "While it ... McGREEVEY, NEW JERSEY, LAW, MEDICAL ...

Article: Health Care In New Jersey Ranked Among The Nation's ...
Business Wire;  January 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Knowlton, Chairman of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute ... citizens die from preventable medical errors every year. Here in New Jersey we lose 11 of our neighbors each day to preventable medical errors. Overall quality is poor ...