SAN DIEGO – Team 10 was first to learn about a national push that would require doctors to tell you if they are on probation before they treat you.
A petition has just been launched by the Consumer’s Union Safe Patient Project, and the group says 400 doctors are on probation in California for things like sexual abuse, violence and even death.
Senator DeSaulnier just authored a new CURES funding bill, SB 809 Laguna Niguel, California mom, Jodi Barber, tells her story of how she lost her beloved son Jarrod from a prescription pill overdose three years ago. The CURES system will enable prescribers and pharmacists to review controlled substance information to identify and deter drug abuse […]
Overtaken & Behind The Orange Curtain Come see two powerful films about the epidemic that’s taking down our teens and young adults at an alarming rate! Both films about Orange County, Ca. Overtaken is a short film consisting of several young adults telling their heartfelt stories. Behind The Orange Curtain raises the question, “Why?” You […]
Lawmakers warn that they will let the agency expire next year if it doesn’t become more aggressive in taking action against dangerous doctors. Price and Gordon said patients “deserve a proactive Medical Board that places patient protection and interests first, ahead of physician interests.” Read the whole article here.
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