Consumer Watchdog Campaign: California Ballot Initiative Will Enact Nation’s...
USA TODAY Reports That Every Year 103,000 Medical Professionals Abuse Drugs, Placing Patient Lives At RiskContact Info Name:Carmen Balber Phone Number:310-392-0522 x323 Related Focus Areas: Medical...
View ArticleBallot Initiative Seeks Drug Testing For Doctors
Saturday, April 12, 2014By Courtenay Edelhart, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIANBAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIANhttp://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/health/x1042360561/Ballot-initiative-seeks-drug-testing-for-doctorsAs...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls on Governor and Attorney General to Investigate...
Contact Info Name:Jamie Court & Michael Kapp Phone Number:Jamie, (310) 392-0075: Michael, (310) 392-0708Monday, April 28, 2014 Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeThumbnail: SANTA MONICA, CA –...
View ArticleVictims and Advocates Testify Against Drunk or High Doctors To California...
Source:California Assembly TVWatch Tina Minasian testify to the California Assembly Business Professions, and Consumer Protections Committee today on AB 2346 (Gonzalez-D), which would divert drunk and...
View ArticleGreased Legislative Attempt To Shield Drunk And High Doctors Passes Assembly...
Contact Info Name:Jamie Court & Carmen Balber Phone Number:Jamie, (310) 392-0075; or Carmen, (310) 526-0746Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeThumbnail: SANTA MONICA,...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Campaign: California Medical Industry Gave $110 Million On...
National Institute On Money In State Politics Releases New Graphic Showing $315 Million In Total Political Giving By The CA Medical Industry, 2002-12Contact Info Name:Jamie Court & Carmen Balber...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Campaign: Prop 46 Requiring Physicians To Check Statewide...
Tennessee Doctor, Who Survived Substance Abuse, Says Similar Actions in Tennessee Have Saved Lives, MoneyContact Info Name:Jamie Court, Carmen Balber & Lisa CohenMonday, August 11, 2014 Related...
View ArticleWatchdog Nonprofit Calls For JFK Hospital Audit
Wednesday, February 18, 2015By Victoria Pelham, THE DESERT SUNTHE DESERT SUNhttp://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/02/18/watchdog-nonprofit-calls-jfk-hospital-audit/23646459/The advocacy nonprofit...
View ArticleCalifornia Hospitals Fined $700,000 for Horrific Injuries and Preventable...
Contact Info Name:Michael Kapp & Carmen BalberWednesday, February 18, 2015 Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeThumbnail: SANTA MONICA, CA: The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog called upon Governor...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls for Release of Documents on Psychotropic Medication...
Contact Info Name:Michael Kapp & Carmen BalberTuesday, February 24, 2015 Related Focus Areas: Dirty Money WatchMedical MalpracticeThumbnail: SANTA MONICA, CA: Saying the public has a right to know,...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Monitoring Helps Doctors and Chronic Pain Patients
Eddie BarreraDoctors are more confident in prescribing pain medication after reviewing a patient’s medical history.We’ve received a few messages from patients worried that a proposal to have doctors...
View ArticleFailing Grades at California Hospitals Expose Lack of Patient Safety Safeguards
Contact Info Name:Carmen Balber & Eddie Barrera Email:carmen@consumerwatchdog.orgWednesday, April 29, 2015 Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeThumbnail: Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog...
View ArticleChecking A Patient’s Medical Record Is Just Good Medicine
Check a patient’s medical record. It’s a simple fix to a tragic prescription drug epidemic.When you have an annual checkup, your doctor checks your vital signs and draws blood for testing. But before...
View ArticleCA Bill Would Implement Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Recommendation For...
Contact Info Name:Carmen Balber, (310) 526-0746; Eddie Barrerra (310) 392-0522 ext. 309 Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeThumbnail: Santa Monica, CA – A California bill will implement the...
View ArticleCA Medical Board: Patient or Physician Protection?
A Sonora family doctor arrested in July for overprescribing controlled substances is now accused of working “so high on narcotics” that she would nod off during appointments and pass out in the office,...
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