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‘Medical errors are the third leading cause of death’ and other statistics you should question
Too often, we journalists set aside our critical reasoning skills when it comes to alarming statistics about patient safety.
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Why you should be writing about diagnostic errors
Health care providers must do more to address the problem of diagnostic errors, according to leading researchers in the field…
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‘Dr. Death’ reform law shows the importance of investigating state licensing boards
A new Texas law reforming the state’s medical board is a dramatic case of journalists holding health care licensing bodies…
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Reuters reporter investigates how Medicare fraud settlements fail to shield patients from dangerous clinicians
Reuters reporter Michael Berens explains how he researched his news story, “How doctors buy their way out of trouble.”
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What journalists should know about a high-profile patient advocacy group
What journalists should know about Patients for Patient Safety US, a patient advocacy group founded in 2021.
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Medication errors are common. Here’s how to hold the system accountable
Medication errors hurt more hospitalized patients than any other mishap, including botched surgeries and health care-acquired infections. In long-term care,…
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Online privacy violations do real harm to patients
A new study shows third-party tracking occurs on nearly all hospital websites, buttressing recent news coverage about consumers’ loss of…
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How nondisclosure agreements stifle reporting about unsafe care
Just as gag orders conceal the activities of sexual predators, they are routinely used to bury instances of poor patient…
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Reporting series exposes the perils of Connecticut’s shift to in-home elder care
Jenna Carlesso and Dave Altimari, reporters with The Connecticut MirrorEnabling more Americans to live their final years at home should…
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Panelists endorse collaborative ‘prebunking’ to stop toxic misinformation
Scientific knowledge is no match for entrenched misinformation, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, M.D., told a luncheon crowd at…