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malpractice
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How well is the public protected from bad doctors? A new analysis unveils alarming results
A recent report from Public Citizen shows wide variation in how often state medical boards discipline doctors.
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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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Weaving data, human stories into compelling series on dental deaths
In early 2014, a 4-year-old Dallas boy named Salomon Barahona Jr. died after undergoing sedation for a dental procedure. The…
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‘On The Media’ covers NPDB controversy
This week’s “On The Media” show features AHCJ President Charles Ornstein discussing the public use file of the National Practitioner…
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Journalism organizations offer data government blocked from public
Another development in the protest by three key journalism groups to the Obama administration’s decision to block public access to…
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AHCJ, other journalism organizations protest removal of data from public website
The Association of Health Care Journalists, joined by the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors, sent a…
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Spreadsheet lists malpractice claims against VA
In its “FOIA Friday” feature, the Project On Government Oversight reveals a spreadsheet (XLS format) of claims against the Department…
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Las Vegas Sun caps series by showing solutions
In the Las Vegas Sun reporter Marshall Allen wraps up his wide-ranging Do No Harm series on hospital quality by…
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Innovative approaches to malpractice, errors
American Medical News reporter Kevin O’Reilly writes about a presentation by David Mayer, M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago Institute…
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Calif. malpractice cap: Model or cautionary tale?
The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Victoria Colliver reports on how a discussion of a Health Policy-related push for medical malpractice reform…