By Grena Porto, RN, MS, ARM, CPRHM

In July, Delaware Governor Markell signed a set of nine bills that tighten oversight of physicians and increase protection of children in medical care. Known collectively as The Bradley Bills, Delaware’s new legislation is the most comprehensive of its kind in the country and is named after a physician pedophile who got away with sexual abuse or rape of more than 100 children over the course of 10 years, while fellow physicians, hospitals, government agencies, and others looked the other way.

An exciting appointment to head CMS

By Mark Trahant

Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, “If you’ve been in government a long time, as I have been, then the most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence. Why is this exciting? Because it’s rare.” When I read the quote, even today, I can hear the late New York senator’s voice booming, his last word full with extra punctuation.

By Susan Carr

Being an editor, I am well acquainted with error. Unlike medical errors, the effects of my slips and lapses are rarely dangerous. In fact, they’re often humorous, occasionally useful.

By Susan Carr

The National Patient Safety Foundation will offer a complimentary webinar, "Patient Safety Resources and Publication Strategies: Uncovering and Contributing Important Knowledge in the Field," at 1:00pm ET on June 22, 2010.