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	<title>Vet4Vet Journal &#187; VA Healthcare Problems</title>
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		<title>NRC fined VA for prostate cancer programs failures</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/08/nrc-fined-va-for-prostate-cancer-programs-failures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Federal Tort Claims Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia VA Hospital prostate brachytherapy medical negligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prostate brachytherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate brachytherapy medical negligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied a $39,000 fine Monday against the Department of Veterans Affairs for violations of federal regulations of the use of radioactive materials at prostate cancer programs in VA hospitals across the country.
Click here to read more.
If you or a loved one have suffered injury due toÂ negligence byÂ government health care providers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press: Augusta Chronicle: 33 vets missed in alert</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/08/associated-press-augusta-chronicle-33-vets-missed-in-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/08/associated-press-augusta-chronicle-33-vets-missed-in-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA Malpractice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminated equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracting infections from VA hospitals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[VA hospitals in Augusta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-three veterans were overlooked last year when the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in downtown Augusta alerted its patients about possible exposure to infectious bodily fluids.
Click here to read more.
If you or a loved one have suffered injury due to negligence by government health care providers, you are entitled to compensation. The Law firm of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press: Politics News: APNewsBreak: 4 positive tests of vets treated at St. Louis, but illness sources undetermined</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/08/associated-press-politics-news-apnewsbreak-4-positive-tests-of-vets-treated-at-st-louis-but-illness-sources-undetermined/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/08/associated-press-politics-news-apnewsbreak-4-positive-tests-of-vets-treated-at-st-louis-but-illness-sources-undetermined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA Malpractice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA Medical Malpractice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract hepatitis from dental equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract hepatitis from VA dental clinic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hepatitis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inadequately sterilized dental equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis VA and hepatitis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis VA dental clinic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS: Four veterans treated at the St. Louis VA Medical Centers dental clinic have tested positive for hepatitis, but further testing will be necessary to determine if inadequately sterilized dental equipment is to blame, VA officials said Friday.
The Department of Veterans Affairs provided test results to The Associated Press after repeated requests over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting, Investigation, Disclosure, and Remedying of Medical Errors Leads to Similar or Lower Than Average Malpractice Claims Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/06/proactive-reporting-investigation-disclosure-and-remedying-of-medical-errors-leads-to-similar-or-lower-than-average-malpractice-claims-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/06/proactive-reporting-investigation-disclosure-and-remedying-of-medical-errors-leads-to-similar-or-lower-than-average-malpractice-claims-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Veterans Affairs Medical Center developed a comprehensive process designed to proactively identify and remedy medical errors. Key elements of the process include widely publicizing the disclosure policy and process throughout the hospital, prompt reporting and investigation of potential errors, full disclosure of investigation results to the patient and/or family, and apology and fair remedy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans get hooked, not healed, at VA hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/06/veterans-get-hooked-not-healed-at-va-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/06/veterans-get-hooked-not-healed-at-va-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton VA Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narcotics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narcotics being resold in Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veterans addicted to narcotics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two doctors who worked at the Hampton VA Medical Center say powerful narcotics are being over prescribed to veterans there, leaving them addicted while their underlying medical conditions go untreated.
The doctors have warned that the high volume of narcotics may be feeding a pipeline of dangerous drugs that are illegally resold in the community, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webb visits VA medical center after receiving complaints</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/webb-visits-va-medical-center-after-receiving-complaints/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/webb-visits-va-medical-center-after-receiving-complaints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA Malpractice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[149 complaints against Hamptom Veteran's Affairs Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctor failed to diagnose a stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton VA Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improperly maintained "clean rooms"]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Jim Webb made his first visit Friday to the Hampton VA Medical Center, where he praised the dedication of health care workers but said he is still following the incomplete investigations of many patient complaints.
In the fall, Webb asked the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to examine the quality of care at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA clinic now concedes violations</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/va-clinic-now-concedes-violations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/va-clinic-now-concedes-violations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA Malpractice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRC investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nucular Regulatory Commission investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadephia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostate brachytherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostate brachytherapy program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostate cancer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a dramatic about-face, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center has acknowledged that its troubled prostate cancer program violated federal radiation rules meant to protect patients from harm.
Just last month, Philadelphia VA officials disputed the finding of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigation that the hospital committed eight safety violations in its prostate brachytherapy program.
Click here to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did communications breakdowns imperil Utah VA patients?</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/did-communications-breakdowns-imperil-utah-va-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/did-communications-breakdowns-imperil-utah-va-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs Health Care System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Communication breakdowns between two medical departments may have compromised the care of patients being treated in the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, according to a new report by the VA Office of Inspector General.
But the report, released Monday afternoon, did not substantiate an unidentified complainant’s allegations linking the failures to four patients’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRC cites VA clinic for radioactive-treatment violations</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/nrc-cites-va-clinic-for-radioactive-treatment-violations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/nrc-cites-va-clinic-for-radioactive-treatment-violations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first outside report on its flawed prostate-cancer program, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center was cited for eight apparent violations in using radioactive materials on nearly 100 veterans, federal inspectors have concluded.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission found that the Philadelphia VA staff failed to evaluate radiation doses or know when to report a mistake, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Problems Still Plague Illinois VA Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/report-problems-still-plague-illinois-va-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/report-problems-still-plague-illinois-va-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the inspector general in the Department of Veterans Affairs finds that the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill., continues to be plagued by quality management and patient care problems some two years after a suspicious spike in the number of post-surgical patient deaths there.
A 2008 investigation found that at least nine [...]]]></description>
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