
Mary Chris Jaklevic is an independent journalist based in Chicago. Formerly AHCJ’s Patient Safety Health Beat Leader, she has covered health care finance, clinical care and medical research for a variety of professional and consumer publications. Her interest in patient safety issues and the potential harms of medical interventions was honed by her experience as a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org, a project that aimed to improve health care journalism by critiquing the accuracy and balance of media messages about medical treatments and tests. She’s a longtime AHCJ member and served on the board for two terms.
Without changes in the hospitalization rate or staff bed supply, the national hospital occupancy rate will climb to 85% by…
Big Pharma is spreading misinformation about compounded drugs, including exaggerating their safety issues.
Three reports have been issued in January on the harms of private equity in health care. Journalists should keep up…
In this webinar, we explore the case of Montana oncologist David Weiner, who stands accused of harming and killing patients.
Reporters Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee discuss their latest work, a three-part series on industry influence at the FDA.
A new study shows that hospitals often don’t assess AI models using patient data before deploying them, potentially putting patients…
Regulators and hospitals are not obliged to announce immediate jeopardy citations, so journalists must be diligent about digging them up.
As cryoablation for breast cancer becomes more available, journalists should emphasize that there’s uncertainty about how effective it is.
The No-Spin Evidence Review aims to counter overly rosy study abstracts by offering more balanced summaries of research findings.
When rural hospitals go into the red, they often have little choice but to stop delivering babies. The result can…