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Board of Dallas’ Parkland hospital meeting now, could decide on interim CEO...
Parkland Memorial Hospital’s governing board faces several serious matters today in a meeting that started at 8 a.m. and could last until late afternoon. Much of the talking is taking place behind...
View ArticleNational investigation into lethal restraint practices uncovers breakdowns...
For the first time in many years, the public now has another glimpse into a largely hidden national problem: deaths resulting from physical restraint inside hospitals and other care facilities. It...
View ArticleParkland responds to lawsuit over psych ER death
Parkland Memorial Hospital just sent me this comment on the civil rights lawsuit that — as we reported earlier today — has been filed against the hospital and UT Southwestern Medical … [visit site to...
View ArticleSecret plan to fix Parkland hospital demands many expensive changes
Since late February, Parkland Memorial Hospital has kept a lid on its do-or-die “corrective action plan.” Even hospital employees, by and large, have not seen it. Now we’ve finally obtained a copy of...
View ArticleExample of Parkland hospital’s personnel woes: Nurse with criminal history...
Parkland Memorial Hospital must end its lax and inconsistent discipline, federally mandated monitors say. Below is a case study about two nurses, Batrina Goree and Vernell Brown, that I put together...
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Patients still being discharged unsafely from Parkland hospital
On the outside of Dallas' public hospital, looking in. (David Woo/Staff Photographer) Parkland Memorial Hospital has continued to discharge patients unsafely despite intensive oversight from federally...
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New report ties Parkland leadership failures to ongoing patient harm,...
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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Abuse case haunts Parkland Memorial culturally, drives questions of dishonesty
Parkland staffers defending themselves in a civil rights lawsuit are now disputing findings of the 2011 regulatory report that sparked a massive government crackdown on dangers at the hospital....
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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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AG rejects Parkland Memorial Hospital’s secrecy effort
Parkland's new $1.3 billion hospital, seen here from Dallas Love Field, is set to open next year. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News) For more than two years, Parkland Memorial Hospital …...
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Federal court says Parkland officials can't be held liable in psych patient's...
Psych patient George Cornell’s death in February 2011 led to a crackdown on safety problems at Parkland Memorial Hospital. A federal appeals court has ruled that Parkland … [visit site to read more]
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