House Members Introduce Patient Safety Bills on Morcellators, Essure from pa patient safety reporting Watch Video
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Description: Two House measures introduced earlier this week aim to strengthen federal requirements for reporting adverse outcomes caused by medical devices and to increase access to legal recourse for patients harmed by Class III, high-risk devices.nnSponsored by Reps. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and introduced June 8, the bills address harm to patients from two high-profile medical devices.nnRead the full story on The Cancer Letter: http://cancerletter.com/articles/20160610_5