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Discharged patient commits murder-suicide — were her docs to blame?


February 16, 2010 by Carol Katarsky

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Can doctors be held responsible for the actions of a mentally ill patient they treated four months earlier? A new court case aims to find out.

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Updated sentinel event stats for ‘09


November 2, 2009 by Carol Katarsky

Here’s the latest data on the 10 most frequently reported sentinel events as tracked by JCAHO.

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