A woman assaulted by a paramedic while being transported in an ambulance advocates for more patient protection.

In December, a Flagler County jury found James Melady guilty of sexual battery after he was charged for the crime he ...

He was found guilty of molesting a woman who was unconscious in the back of an ambulance.

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The Oregon State Hospital is in immediate jeopardy of becoming ineligible to receive Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements following its failure to respond quickly to a patient held in seclusion who ...

A hospital needs help identifying a patient who was found unconscious in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. The ...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - A Samaritan Hospital employee was arrested after he assaulted an unconscious patient during an exam. Mitchell Jones, 37, was performing an examination on an unconscious female ...

Lawmakers want to require informed patient consent for some medical procedures. A bill moving through the legislature would bring Indiana in line with federal recommendations.

Despite reports of disparities in quality of care received by minority patients, unconscious racial and social class biases held by healthcare workers have little impact on their workers’ clinical ...

A new Pennsylvania law will require medical facilities to obtain written and verbal consent from patients before performing pelvic, prostate and rectal exams on them while they are unconscious. The ...