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Another shakeup at Parkland hospital: Medical chief is out
comments ()Dr. John Jay Shannon (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News) In a rapid sequence of events this morning, Parkland Memorial Hospital announced a new senior leadership shakeup and the sudden...
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As regulatory clock ticks, Parkland Memorial lags on improvements – including...
comments ()Monitors found 756 instances of improper hand hygiene in June (File photo) Even the most basic step to averting the spread of infections – proper hand washing – remains difficult for...
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Parkland Memorial Hospital to temporarily close psych ER
comments ()Interim Parkland CEO Dr. Thomas Royer has promised major changes in the psych ER (File photo) Parkland Memorial is temporarily shuttering … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleJohn Wiley Price video praises Parkland, omits key context
comments ()Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price stars as himself in a new video promoting Parkland Memorial Hospital. But you’d have no idea from watching it that he and Parkland are laboring...
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New report ties Parkland leadership failures to ongoing patient harm,...
comments ()Federally installed monitors at Parkland Memorial Hospital have given regulators a bleak new assessment of the crisis-plagued Dallas … [visit site to read more]
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Once again – safety breaches at Parkland all too familiar
comments ()The flashbacks have arrived yet again, triggered by the latest available regulatory reports we assembled on Parkland Memorial Hospital’s struggle to remedy care breakdowns. Emergency …...
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Parkland hospital board ratifies Smith as interim CEO
comments ()Bob Smith, Parkland's new interim CEO (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News) Parkland Memorial Hospital’s governing board met behind closed doors for an hour this morning. Then they emerged...
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Parkland hospital disputes our report on birth unit staffing
comments ()Parkland's birth unit: so crowded that pregnant women sometimes labor in hallways. (Lara Solt/The Dallas Morning News) Parkland Memorial Hospital is taking issue … [visit site to read more]
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Another six-figure payout at Parkland, another requirement for silence – this...
comments ()Former CMO John Jay Shannon (Dallas Morning News photo) When John Jay Shannon, Parkland Memorial Hospital’s chief medical officer, was shown the door last month as part of an executive...
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Parkland hospital’s board formally OKs $1 million settlement
comments ()Click the image to read the entire settlement agreement, announced last month, between the Department of State Health Services and Parkland Memorial Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital’s...
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UTSW official at center of fraud investigation stepping down
comments ()Dr. Karen Kowalske (UTSW ) A UT Southwestern Medical Center department chairwoman in the crosshairs of a federal investigation into alleged billing fraud at Parkland Memorial Hospital will...
View ArticleDMN editor responds to Parkland hospital complaints
comments ()Parkland Memorial Hospital is taking issue with our recent story about its latest regulatory problems, which stem from its failure to investigate two sudden, unexpected patient deaths....
View ArticleDallas County Commissioner seeks to pay tribute to ousted Parkland CEO who...
comments ()Just a few days ago, Dr. Ron Anderson quietly departed the leadership ranks of troubled Parkland Memorial Hospital after three decades. Anderson was ousted as CEO in late 2011 following a...
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Parkland Memorial cuts a $500,000 deal to enlist lobbying powerhouse for...
comments ()At a time Parkland Memorial Hospital needs a critical blessing from federal regulators to avoid a shutdown, its officials have struck a … [visit site to read more]
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Parkland to farm out oversight of troubled psych operations; reflects a...
Early this afternoon, Parkland Memorial Hospital officials announced that they will place their troubled psychiatric services under the management of privately owned Green Oaks Hospital in Dallas....
View ArticleTerrell’s lone hospital now shut down following moves by feds, state...
Update at 1:13 p.m. Federal regulators just confirmed that Renaissance Hospital Terrell has been shut down in the wake of recent patient-care breakdowns that included two deaths. “There are no staff...
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Latest “Chronic Condition’ installment discloses huge cash reserves behind...
Pricey new hospital drew officials' focus This week my fellow scribe Reese Dunklin delivers the visit site to read more]
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Lesson of Blackman case: ‘If we don’t talk about our mistakes, we’re doomed...
Helen Haskell, founder of Mothers Against Medical Error, describes her son's fatal care in a new video. The needless death of 15-year-old Lewis Blackman, son of national patient advocate Helen...
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New Parkland safety issue: Hospital police violated protocols, letting...
Federal safety monitors’ latest report on Parkland Memorial Hospital finds that many familiar dangers remain despite a year of intensive oversight, as visit site to read more]
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Senate measure aims to protect patients by requiring trainees to wear badges...
State Senator Jane Nelson State Sen. Jane Nelson is proposing a law that aims to clear up a common source of confusion for patients at Texas teaching hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital. Who...
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Federal regulators extend time frame for critical inspection of Parkland...
Federal regulators are giving themselves an extra four months to perform a surprise do-or-die inspection of Parkland Memorial Hospital. Under the original safety oversight agreement with the public...
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Texas bill requiring resident doctors to clearly identify themselves inches...
The Texas Legislature is a step closer to adding some basic protections for patients at hospitals that operate training programs and psychiatric facilities. A measure that requires health-care...
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Federal health regulators caution Parkland Memorial Hospital to enhance...
Federal overseers are warning Parkland Memorial Hospital that it needs to bolster efforts to track the quality of clinical services provided by contractors such as UT Southwestern Medical Center. The...
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Owner of shuttered Terrell hospital charged with fraud
Renaissance Hospital Terrell was shut down in February for patient care failures Federal authorities have filed criminal charges against the owner of Renaissance Hospital Terrell, which was shut down...
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U.S. attorney in Dallas finalizes $1.4 million deal to settle fraud...
The U.S. attorney’s Dallas office just announced that it has finalized a $1.4 million deal with Parkland Memorial Hospital to resolve allegations that the facility defrauded the federal government...
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Governor Perry signs off on safety measure for patients following care...
Texas Sen. Jane Nelson Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a patient safety measure inspired by care failures at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and another similarly tailored bill appears headed for the...
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Inspectors return to Parkland Memorial again to gauge safety
Government health inspectors are back at Parkland Memorial Hospital today — for at least the third time in recent weeks — as part of their ongoing top-to-bottom survey to determine whether the safety...
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Texas senator investigating regulatory breakdowns that allowed dangers in...
Virginia Rose McCallum died over Christmas at Renaissance Hospital Terrell following numerous nursing care failures. The facility has since been shut down. Texas’ highest ranking senator over health...
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Sen. Wendy Davis calls for fast action to crack down on hospital perils,...
Sen. Wendy Davis: "This kind of negligence is hurting families who count on health and safety guidelines.'' Texas Sen. Wendy Davis is calling for quick action by Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Attorney...
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On the heels of Gov. Perry’s order for an investigation, another hospital in...
Dr. Tariq Mahmood Local authorities forced the closure of Dr. Tariq Mahmood’s Central Texas Hospital in Cameron today, leaving only the emergency room operating, according to employees and city...
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In rare move, sheriff takes control of Central Texas Hospital;...
On Friday, Gov. Rick Perry disclosed he had ordered investigations into Dr. Tariq Mahmood's hospital chain. In a highly unusual move, the Milam County Sheriff Department has wrested control of Central...
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Hospital operated by embattled chain owner slides into chaos
Lake Whitney Medical Center (Miles Moffeit photo) Lake Whitney Medical Center, the sole remaining hospital operated by embattled chain owner Dr. Tariq Mahmood, has been mired in turmoil in recent days...
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FBI investigating recent document destruction at Cameron hospital operated by...
Dr. Tariq Mahmood's team was forced out of the Cameron hospital on July 19 to prevent document destruction. The FBI is investigating the shredding of documents at a Cameron hospital that apparently...
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Florida company takes over Lake Whitney Medical Center, effectively...
Frontier Hospitals, Inc., out of Florida, has purchased the troubled Lake Whitney Medical Center A Florida-based hospital management company has swooped in to purchase the Lake Whitney Medical Center,...
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Parkland Hospital passes final inspections, declared “safe”
Parkland is in the midst of building a massive new facility UPDATE: Added link to federal … [visit site to read more]
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$18 million to reward unsafe hospitals = alarm in Congress
Dr. Tariq Mahmood has lost control of his six hospitals but still owns a mansion near Dallas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) Some members of Congress are alarmed by our latest investigative...
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Hospital closures leave limited ER options elsewhere in state
Feliciano Gonzalez and his wife, Judith Contreras Gonzalez, mourn the loss of their 18-month-old daughter Edith. On Aug. 11, she choked on a grape but when they sought emergency care for her at Shelby...
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Shutdown scuttles inspections of hospitals, nursing homes
The federal government shutdown hasn’t derailed the nation’s new health-insurance program. But it has suspended another crucial layer of protection for patients … [visit site to read more]
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Cash-starved Lake Whitney hospital now on brink of closure
Lake Whitney Medical Center Despite desperate efforts to keep it operating during the last three months, another troubled rural hospital recently owned by Dr. Tariq Mahmood is nearing a shutdown. As...
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New glimpses of unreported filth, neglect inside a former Mahmood hospital
Inspection on heels of Gov. Perry order revealed serious environmental neglect As more governmental reports surface about Dr. Tariq Mahmood’s collapsed rural hospital chain, so do examples of hidden...
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Texas Medical Board revokes license of Plano neurosurgeon considered...
Christopher Duntsch The Texas Medical Board has forced Plano neurosurgeon Christopher Daniel Duntsch to give up his medical license, finding that he violated care standards in the treatment of six...
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Feds file another round of criminal charges against doctor who owned...
Cozby-Germany Hospital in Grand Saline was closed last year amid a regulatory safety crackdown. Insurance billings at the hospital were allegedly fraudulent. A federal grand jury has handed down...
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State regulators handed most – and biggest – fines to Dallas-area hospitals...
Parkland Memorial was hit with three fines in 2013 Dallas-area hospitals drew the most fines from Texas state health enforcers last year. The most frequent bullseye: Parkland Memorial Hospital. The...
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Surgery gone right: Ticking the boxes for safety
Dr. Sabatino Bianco(Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer) “Girls, do you have everything you need?” asks nurse Sunny Austin. She’s asking scrub tech Ania Jackson and … [visit site to read more]
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Lawsuits go badly for fired Parkland hospital employees
Dallas County's public hospital is putting some legal battles behind it as it prepares to move into a new facility. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News) Parkland Memorial Hospital … [visit site to read...
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Feds: Safety failure at Parkland Memorial Hospital led to broken bones in...
71-year-old Sandra Mercado suffered multiple fractures to her foot after Parkland staffers forced her out of her wheelchair. For the third time since Parkland Memorial Hospital promised the federal...
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Hospital experts question decision to place UTSW, Parkland at helm of Ebola...
UTSW and Parkland were tapped to operate a new Ebola treatment center, despite their track record of infection control failures. The center will be housed in an intensive-care unit at the Methodist...
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Blaming the messenger: Parkland Memorial’s criticisms of our Ebola center...
My story raising questions about a Texas task force’s selection of Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center to head up a new Ebola treatment center has prompted a strange response...
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Top administrator of rural Texas hospital chain gets 23 months for defrauding...
Joe White, left, outside the courthouse Wednesday in Tyler. This from reporter Miles Moffeit in … [visit site to read more]
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Congressman cites News' report in proposal to help prevent rural hospital...
Feliciano Gonzalez and his wife, Judith Contreras Gonzalez, rushed their daughter to a rural hospital ER that had been closed weeks earlier. In making his pitch this week for a new law … [visit site...
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