Clinical trial on sepsis conducted around the country, including Cleveland Clinic, draws criticism

September is Sepsis Awareness Month! Please spread awareness!

CLEVELAND - A consumer advocacy organization is asking federal officials to halt a clinical study involving treatment for sepsis carried out by the Cleveland Clinic and other medical institutions across the country. 

The group, Public Citizen, said the trial involving treatment for sepsis is deeply flawed and unethical.

Why medically caused deaths continue to be ignored

More than any other reporter, I have continued to champion and spread the word about Dr. Barbara Starfield’s revelation: The U.S. medical system kills 106,000 people a year with its medicines. Extrapolate that number for a decade: more than million deaths.

Accelerating Death by Stopping Life-Preserving Medications/Denying a Feeding Tube

Accelerating Death by Stopping Life-Preserving Medications

Depriving a person of a feeding tube can also deprive the person of critical oral medicines. Usually, all medications are stopped along with the feeding tube. In one case, I witnessed a fully conscious man with mild Alzheimer’s, following a bout of pneumonia, be deprived of a feeding tube when his swallowing was affected after he was successfully extubated (i.e., his breathing tube was removed). As a result, he was not given his blood pressure medicine, which caused his blood pressure to go sky high. He soon died of a stroke. We often forget that there are many ways to accelerate death.

My Comment: Yes, my husband was also denied a feeding tube at the Hospital of Death in Nashua, NH. When he was admitted, he weighed 137 lbs. When he died 5 weeks later, 82 lbs. He was also denied ALL Medication for his illnesses including the UTI and Sepsis that we were NEVER told he had.

The ‘Tools’ of Palliative Care Medicine Can Be and Are Used to Hasten Death

The ‘Tools’ of Palliative Care Medicine Can Be and Are Used to Hasten Death

Dr. Ralph A. Capone, who is board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, writes,

According to the new bioethics, when applied to certain people, “do no harm” implies further life is harmful and, therefore, killing them is beneficent. In hospice and palliative care settings, the administration of intentionally larger doses of analgesia, beyond that necessary to diminish pain, is sometimes done to intentionally end patients’ lives. This is not a secret within the medical profession. [Emphasis in the original.] [1]

DISGRACEFUL DENIAL OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE U.S.

DISGRACEFUL DENIAL OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE U.S.

A culture of death has infiltrated the healthcare system in the United States. As evidence of this, the PHA Monthly has carried articles exposing numerous cases of patients who have been denied wanted medical care in U.S. hospitals. Two-year-old Israel Stinson is one such case. 

Cuomo’s Justice Center Covering-Up Mass Deaths

Astronomical numbers of deaths of the disabled are being covered-up by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s agency wrongfully titled the Justice Center

ALBANY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, August 27, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Jonathan Carey Foundation has uncovered Governor Andrew Cuomo’s scheme to hide and conceal countless deaths of children and adults with disabilities from local authorities. Instead of protecting our most vulnerable, Gov. Cuomo has chosen to ensure that those that take the life of a disabled person within his mental health agencies are protected from criminal prosecution. It does not get uglier than this; 11-13 people with disabilities are dying every day in Cuomo’s agencies and a sizable percentage are due to criminal negligence.
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Today is the 16 Month Anniversary of the Medical Murder of My Husband Bill Knightly

16 month's ago today, I lost my loving Husband, My Knight in shining armor, due to our new, rotten healthcare (or should I say NO care), in the U.S. ,Medically MURDERED by the Medical staff and Hospital we USED to trust, because for some reason they are allowed to Murder patients and get away with it. The "Standard of care" for patients these day's since Obamacare came into play leaves much to be desired. These day's Anything goes!
My husband had just turned 66 years old. According to all the research I've done since his death, once a person turns 65, they are considered Useless and Expendable. My husband was Neither. He was a man who loved his family with all his heart and would do anything for them. His grandchildren were his life and he would go without in order to provide for them. He went without for all of his family. He was a good man. He was my protector. He was my family's protector. He shouldn't have died. There was no reason for his death. No-one but God has the right to say when someones life should end. Medical UN-professionals are NOT God, though they think they have that right thanks to our Government letting them get away with it. Payoffs for Depopulation maybe???
My husband was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Two biopsies from the Hospital of Death show NO Lung cancer. Suspicious cells, but that's all. I had the samples retested by a world renowned Cancer Hospital which also showed NO Lung Cancer. The same Hospital that the Hospitalist from the Hospital of death refused my husband a transfer that I had already set up with two Cancer Doctor's.
I have been filing complaints EVERYWHERE and will continue to do so. My husband deserves Justice for his senseless Murder. His Death Certificate states Primary cause of Death is SEPSIS. Untreated and never told he had. They said he had an infection but they didn't know what it was so they stopped the antibiotics they had just put him on. That's an extremely STUPID reason. To top it off, lab reports from that day show he had a UTI, but EVERYONE I've sent documentation to never even saw that.
They were playing God with my husband's life. If he were under 65 and NOT on Medicare would he have been treated for his illnesses they found but did NOTHING?
The second cause of death on his Death Certificate, Stage IV Lung Cancer. How can they write Lung Cancer when ALL Lung biopsies came back negative. Our lives are NOT about guesswork. Just because some cells LOOK suspicious, doesn't mean he had Lung Cancer. Quite the opposite. It was NEVER proven.Who are they to say he had Lung Cancer when FOUR Lung biopsies ALL came back NO MALIGNANT CELLS????? What has U.S. Healthcare become? Nothing good for sure.
The Hospital of Death in Nashua, NH, MURDERED my husband because they thought he MIGHT have Lung Cancer. Is this what our Government has come down to? Nothing has to be proven anymore? Loved ones can be MURDERED and no-one is held accountable? NO-ONE has the right to MURDER ANYONE!!!!!!

I Love you my sweetheart! I always will and I WILL get you JUSTICE!
Extremely Pissed off Wife of Bill Knightly, Murdered by NON-consensual Palliative/Hospice (NO) care

Medical Oath Taken by Doctors

Doctors traditionally take the Hippocratic Oath upon graduation from medical school. The original version is believed to have been written during the 4th century B.C. and is commonly attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates of Cos. While it has been updated over the years, its general principles have remained the same, continuing to provide the foundation of medical ethics.

Original Version

The original version of the oath, as Hippocrates is believed to have written it, spells out several ethical bases of the medical profession; for example, it speaks of respecting one's instructors, using medical knowledge to help rather than harm, and safeguarding patients' privacy. Most important, it emphasizes that patients are to be treated not as cases or experimental subjects, but as human beings worthy of respect and compassion.

Dollars for Docs-Has Your Doctor Received Drug or Device Company Money?

Has Your Doctor Received Drug or Device Company Money?

Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are required by law to release details of their payments to a variety of doctors and U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional talks, research and consulting, among other categories. Use this tool to search for general payments (excluding research and ownership interests) made from August 2013 to December 2016.

Pro-euthanasia doctors are twisting the meaning of ‘palliative care’

Contact your Senator and ask them to reject PCHETA - H.R. 1676/S. 693. This bill is dangerous and gives the government more control over your healthcare.

April 21, 2018 (American Life League) – Merriam-Webster defines the word palliate as a transitive verb that means "to reduce the violence of (a disease); also: to ease (symptoms) without curing the underlying disease." In other words, to palliate means to make a patient comfortable while treating his disease.

This definition should translate into actions being taken to relieve a patient's pain and suffering while doctors and others involved in his treatment work to make him better, or at least comfortable.

Never should pain-relieving treatment – palliative care – be designed to ease the patient into death. This should not happen even in hospice.

Euthanasia is Not the Answer: A Hospice Physician’s View

Euthanasia is Not the Answer: A Hospice Physician’s View
By David Cundiff

A Book worth reading on Amazon-
Instances of euthanasia or mercy killing date back to antiquity. However, it is only recently that the unprecedented grassroots efforts to legalize euthana­ sia have begun building. "Terminal Illness, Assistance with Dying," a California ballot initiative for the No­ vember 1992 election, might for the first time in modem history legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide by physicians. Similar initiatives are planned in other states. To vote intelligently, citizens in California and throughout the United States need to learn who is likely to request euthanasia or assisted suicide, and why. How we care for the terminally ill eventually af­ fects us all.

Lawsuit claims hospice workers told to overmedicate patient at Brian's House

BAY CITY, MI -- Two women have filed a lawsuit against a Bay County hospice, alleging they were fired for refusing give medication that could hasten a patient's death and for alerting police to the matter.

Police say their investigation of the case is over after a medical examiner found no inappropriate conduct in connection with the man's death. No one has been charged with any wrongdoing.

Physician reaches plea deal in $60M fraud scheme that allegedly involved accelerating patient deaths

A physician at Novus, a shuttered hospice provider in Frisco, Texas, has reached a plea deal for his role in a $60 million fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say involved fatally overdosing patients for profit, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Charles Raymond Leach, MD, is slated to plead guilty Sept. 11 to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He joined Novus in 2014 and became medical director before the company shut down several years ago. He was one of 16 defendants charged in the healthcare fraud scheme in February 2017.

Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say

Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say

OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops are urging the federal government to maintain a clear distinction between palliative care and the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide so institutions are not forced to become “an accomplice” in causing an intentional death.

My comment that they wouldn't post: No, Euthanasia is not "supposed" to be Palliative care, but Hospital patients across the Nation are unknowingly being forced onto Palliative and Hospice care and being euthanized. They walk into the Hospital requesting treatment and are instead ILLEGALLY without consent put on Palliative/Hospice Care and denied treatment. Never told of illnesses found through daily lab work and never treated for anything. Dehydrated and starved and denied lifesaving medication. Only offered a Morphine drip to hasten death. Patient and family member's never told the patient now has Sepsis, thanks to rotten medical care and never treated. Just left to die. Palliative/Hospice care MUST be abolished. These death mongers are getting away with Murdering our loved ones. Whether they are terminal or not, only God has the right to decide when life is over. NOT Hospice or Palliative Care!

BioDirection, Inc. Announces Exclusive Worldwide License for Tbit™ System to Diagnose and Monitor Sepsis

Proprietary nanowire technology to be evaluated as potential diagnostic platform for measuring inflammatory biomarkers associated with bacterial infection affecting 30 million people worldwide

BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- BioDirection, Inc., a privately held medical device company developing rapid, whole blood based point-of-care products for the diagnosis and management of concussions and other acquired traumatic brain injuries, today announced that the company has obtained an exclusive worldwide license for the use of the Tbit™ System to diagnose and monitor sepsis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states, "Sepsis is a complication caused by the body's overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection. It can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. Sepsis is a medical emergency. Time matters. When sepsis is quickly recognized and treated, lives are saved." Additionally, it is reported that sepsis is the most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals, costing nearly $27 billion in 2018.

How University of Utah Health cut sepsis costs by 10%

As one of the leading causes of deaths in hospitals, sepsis — a complication often hard to identify — presents a unique challenge to hospital leaders. Since the risk of death from sepsis increases by about 8 percent with each hour before intervention, it is crucial for hospitals to improve sepsis awareness among staff members and speed sepsis responses.

Attorney Explains how to Protect Against America’s Epidemic of Senior Medical Kidnappings

Attorney Explains how to Protect Against America’s Epidemic of Senior Medical Kidnappings

As we have previously reported here at Health Impact News, the medical kidnapping of America’s elderly is a $273 BILLION industry.

Medical kidnapping of senior citizens occurs when a doctor, usually a psychiatrist, deems 

that the senior can no longer take care of themselves, and gets a judge to sign an order of “guardianship” or “conservatorship” to someone working for the State.

Feinstein Institute researcher awarded $1.65M to examine vagus nerve's role in sepsis

MANHASSET, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Valentin A. Pavlov, PhD, received a five-year, $1.65 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the vagus nerve's role in the inflammation and metabolism associated with sepsis. Having a better understanding of the nervous system's signaling during sepsis could lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets within the scope of bioelectronic medicine.

Kidnapped' by the Mayo Clinic; Death by Colonoscopy; Health Officials' Secret Finances

"Kidnapped" by the Mayo Clinic

Two years ago, 18-year-old Alyssa Gilderhus suffered a brain aneurysm during the Christmas holidays. Gilderhus was then placed at the Mayo Clinic for treatment. But she and her family didn't like the care she was given and wished to transfer to a different hospital. The Mayo Clinic said no and even tried to get legal guardianship over the young woman.

Death By Colonoscopy?

Many times, common procedures turn deadly, and an investigation by Kaiser Health Newsand USA Today network found lax regulations for outpatient centers where these deaths happen. In 17 states, if patients die or are severely injured in one, there is no way to report that the death was after outpatient surgery center care.

Concern as sepsis death rates rise dramatically

The number of NHS patients who have died of sepsis has risen dramatically across three major hospitals in Suffolk and Essex over the last four years.

Best Hospitals In New Hampshire: U.S. News Rankings 2018-19-Nashua's Hospital of Death (Sepsis central) did NOT make this list

Best Hospitals In New Hampshire: U.S. News Rankings 2018-19

Nashua's Hospital of Death (Sepsis central) did NOT make this list! Someone out there is listening!

U.S. News and World Report has released its 2018-19 rankings of best hospitals in the country.

U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the best hospitals in America for 2018-19, evaluating more than 4,500 hospitals in the country across 16 specialties and nine procedures and conditions. U.S. News also ranked the best hospitals in America by region.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon was ranked as the best in the state.

Five things to know about sepsis

1 in 3 people who die in a hospital have Sepsis

Sepsis kills more than 250,000 Americans a year. One-third of patients who die in hospitals are septic. Yet, even as hospitals work to find processes to catch the complications early, the general public has little understanding of what sepsis is -- and why it can so quickly turn deadly. 

N.J.'s top court delivers 'huge victory' for patients who sue hospitals and doctors

Hospitals and doctors must share the facts of their treatment with patients who are suing for medical malpractice and cannot hide behind a landmark state law that permits a confidential examination of why mistakes occurred, according to the state's highest court.

The state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday clarifies the intent of the Patient Safety Act, a 2004 law that encouraged medical professionals to have frank discussions about "adverse events," with the goal of preventing future errors. Those discussions and any written analysis from them are still private, according to the decision.

10 Things Your Doctor Should Tell You But Won't

Most people depend on their doctor(s) when it comes to the most important decisions they make about their health.  For many things, doctors are indeed a good source of information, considering how intense their education and training in the health sciences is. 

Fluoride in the water is 'compulsory mass medication and a breach of human rights'

Fluoride in the water is 'compulsory mass medication and a breach of human rights' 

The American people are victims of chemical warfare. The fact that they are unaware of it does not change the truth.

If you are persuaded to take a chemical into your body under false pretenses, you are nevertheless a victim of chemical warfare as surely as if someone had set off a chemical bomb in your neighborhood. This is essentially the case when chemicals are applied to you surreptitiously under the guise of "public health."

Sepsis: A medical emergency

Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming response to infection, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, amputations, and death. When there is an infection, sepsis can occur.

Sepsis symptoms start off very subtly and may mimic a flu or virus. It’s important to look for the warning signs of sepsis. Spotting these symptoms early could prevent the body from entering septic shock, and could save a life.

Symptoms include:

• S – Shiver, fever, or very cold

• E – Extreme pain or general discomfort (“worst ever”)

• P – Pale or discolored skin

• S – Sleepy, difficult to rouse, confused

• I – “I feel like I might die”

• S – Short of breath

Assisted Suicide: Human Right or Homicide?

Assisted Suicide: Human Right or Homicide?

NEW YORK: Death is an inevitable outcome for everyone. How one dies is a legitimate matter of concern for individuals and families, one that governments and courts should address rather than avoid. Physician-assisted suicide represents a fraction of all types of suicide, which together account for approximately 1.4 percent of annual deaths worldwide. Despite low incidence, the action to voluntarily end one’s life poses a dilemma – is assisted suicide a human right to be permitted or a homicide to be prohibited?

Can Physicians Learn Empathy? At St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua, I highly doubt it!

Can Physicians Learn Empathy?

At St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua, I highly doubt it!

We want competent physicians, but we also want compassionate ones. How do we get them? Is it nature or is it nurture? Is it more important to search out more compassionate students, or should we instill compassion somehow in the ones we start along the training pipeline? I think the answer lies in nurturing what nature has already put there.

Putnam Hospital Center Shrinks Sepsis Mortality

Putnam Hospital Center Shrinks Sepsis Mortality

Sepsis is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. The chance of sepsis mortality increases 8% for every hour that treatment is delayed, but sepsis deaths are preventable with rapid diagnosis and treatment. Aiming to shrink sepsis mortality, a multidisciplinary team at Putnam Hospital Center (PHC) initiated best practices and interventions focusing on education, early recognition, and prompt intervention.

Dstl seeking commercial partners for new sepsis test

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in the UK has developed a new test for sepsis which is now available for commercial licence and has the potential to improve survival rates.

Sepsis claims the lives of six million people each year, and is caused by an immune response triggered by infection. The new test has demonstrated an accuracy of 97% and could improve patient survival rates as it enables diagnosis and treatment to take place before symptoms appear.

Hospital system pays $65M to settle Medicare billing claims

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prime Healthcare Services, one of the nation's largest hospital systems, agreed Friday to pay $65 million to settle allegations of Medicare overbilling in California.

The company and CEO Prem Reddy agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that 14 of its hospitals unnecessarily admitted patients and also "upcoded" patient diagnoses, exaggerating their illnesses in order to receive more Medicare money.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Researchers Make Breakthrough In Sepsis Identification

Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have made a breakthrough that may help doctors identify patients who are at greater risk of contracting sepsis, a potentially life-threatening infection complication.

Sepsis occurs when the immune system malfunctions during an infection, leading to rapid inflammation that can be fatal.

Sepsis most commonly affects the elderly and people with already weakened immune systems.

Doctor Matthew Hayden, one of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock researchers, says the new findings may help doctors better tailor treatment to individual sepsis patients.

Septic Shock Accounts for Large Share of In-Hospital Mortality for Infectious Disease and Respiratory Patients at Top Michigan Hospitals

Septic Shock Accounts for Large Share of In-Hospital Mortality for Infectious Disease and Respiratory Patients at Top Michigan Hospitals

Severe sepsis kills 15 to 30% of the million Americans affected per year, according to NIH estimates. Septic shock accounts for a large share of those deaths.To pinpoint opportunities for better septic shock care and prevention, Dexur analysts examined in-hospital mortality rates in Medicare-eligible patients in Michigan.

Septic shock struck patients with a wide range of conditions. 17 of the 100 hospitals examined reported at least 11 deaths from septic shock. Index diagnoses included dysfunctions of nearly every organ, with renal and heart conditions particularly common.

See best, worst Upstate NY hospitals for treating deadliest infection, SEPSIS

See best, worst Upstate NY hospitals for treating deadliest infection, SEPSIS

Sepsis is the most common cause of hospital deaths nationwide.

It is a life-threatening medical emergency that happens when an infection sets off a chain reaction throughout the body. 

Without fast treatment, sepsis can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. It kills more than 200,000 people annually in the US.

This month the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began publishing sepsis treatment statistics for nearly all U.S. hospitals on its Hospital Compare website.

The statistics show the percentage of patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock. 

Text alerts help doctors to spot sepsis in time

A text message alert system could reduce deaths from sepsis afte trial at one hospital led to a sevenfold increase in the number of patients getting drugs in time.

Staff recorded a patient’s temperature, pulse, blood pressure and consciousness on a handheld device and if a pattern suggested that the patient might have sepsis, which can be fatal, their doctor or nurse was sent a text.

Sepsis deaths nearly triple in five years

SEPSIS deaths have risen by over a third in the last two years, with 15,722 deaths in hospitals recorded with sepsis as the leading cause nationally.

New Guideline for Minimally Conscious, Vegetative States Released

Three specialty societies have published a new practice guideline for managing prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC), focusing on accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

The guidelines, issued by the American Academy of Neurology, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, updates the earlier 1994 AAN practice parameter on persistent vegetative state and the 2002 case definition for the minimally conscious state (MCS).

Hospital Compare lifts the veil on sepsis care. Check your hospital’s score

Hospital Compare lifts the veil on sepsis care. Check your hospital’s score

More than a decade ago, a young man showed up in the emergency department of the hospital where I worked in St. Paul, Minnesota. He had been on a hunting trip with friends when he started to behave strangely and complained of a sore throat. As his symptoms worsened and he became confused, his friends sensed something was wrong and rushed him from the woods to the hospital.

At first, it wasn’t clear if his high fever and symptoms were tied to a terrible case of strep throat or to something worse. But as his heart rate sped up and he became increasingly confused, eventually losing consciousness and the ability to breathe, we knew it was sepsis.

Medicare's most despicable, indefensible fraud hotspot: Hospice care

• The number of hospices in the US increased by 43 percent between 2006 and 2016, but with the boom in end-of-life services, Medicare fraud also has risen.
• Medicare fraud and inaccurate billing costs the federal government health care program as much as $60 billion annually.
• The amount of Medicare beneficiaries receiving hospice care increased by about 53 percent between 2006 and 2016, with 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries receiving hospice care in 2016. Spending increased by 81 percent to a level of $16.7 billion in 2016, according to a new report from the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services.

CMS Updates Payment Policies for Medicare Hospice Providers

Two days after a critical report into the quality and care of hospices caring for Medicare beneficiaries, CMS released a final payment rule for 2019, giving providers an increase of $340 million, and said it will update the information on its Hospice Compare website. The increase is a 1.8% rise from 2018.

Giving Hospice MORE Money even after a critical report into the ROTTEN quality of care and FRAUD!!!! How stupid!!!!

Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and Program Integrity: An OIG Portfolio

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of Inspector GeneralVulnerabilities in theMedicare Hospice ProgramAffect Quality Care andProgram Integrity:An OIG Portfolio
What OIG Found 
Hospice care can provide great comfort to beneficiaries, families, and caregivers at the end of a beneficiary’s life. Use of hospice care has grown steadily over the past decade, with Medicare paying $16.7 billion for this care in 2016. It is an increasingly important benefit for the Medicare population; 1.4 million beneficiaries received hospice care in 2016. However, OIG has identified vulnerabilities in the program. OIG found that hospices do not always provide needed services to beneficiaries and sometimes provide poor quality care. In some cases, hospices were not able to manage effectively symptoms or medications, leaving beneficiaries in unnecessary pain for many days.
OIG also found that beneficiaries and their families and caregivers do not receive crucial information to make informed decisions about their care. Further, hospices’ inappropriate billing costs Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars. This includes billing for an expensive level of care when the beneficiary does not need it. Also, a number of fraud schemes in hospice care negatively affect beneficiaries and the program. Some fraud schemes involve enrolling beneficiaries who are not eligible for hospice care, while other schemes involve billing for services never provided.