Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in American soldiers. Since the beginning of the “war on terror,” the Army has lost more than 580 soldiers to suicide, the equivalent of an entire infantry […]
CSHB 3816 Scheduled for Vote In Texas House Today, Thursday, May 14th Austin, Texas May 14, 2009 Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 3816, authored by Rep. Fred Brown, was passed out of the Calendars Committee […]
Late last night the Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 3816, introduced by Rep. Fred Brown to reform the Texas Medical Board, was passed out of the Calendars Committee. Thank God! It is scheduled to be […]
PLEASE: Your phone calls and emails are needed IMMEDIATELY. This Thursday, May 14th, is the DEADLINE for passing medical board reform, CSHB 3816, by bringing it to a vote in the House. The House Calendars […]
Public health officials have been warning for years about the constant threat of a worldwide pandemic like the “Spanish flu” of 1918. About 100 million people died, or 5% of the world’s population. The U.S. […]
This Tuesday, May 5th, the Senate Health & Human Services Committee will hear SB 2336 (the companion bill to HB 3816), in order to rein in the abusive power of the Texas Medical Board. SB […]
At the Oct 23 town hall meeting, the administration of Down East Community Hospital gave everyone a first-hand demonstration of sham peer review. Its prime hallmark is that the accused is presumed guilty from the […]
Volume 65, No. 4 April 2009 THE ISSUE IS FREEDOM The defining issue for Americans is freedom: not equality, efficiency, quality, power, security or even prosperity. Freedom, Henry Grady Weaver’s “mainspring of human prog-ress” did […]
If patients die as a result of health information technology (HIT) defects, the clinicians will be liable—not the vendors. Hospital administrators have signed contracts with “hold harmless” clauses that protect their HIT vendors. At the […]
The Senate had a flurry of voting on amendments to the Budget Bill yesterday, including one extremely important vote that could have helped to stop government rationing of medical care. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) offered […]
