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patient safety
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Report reveals the challenges behind covering patient safety
Patient safety is a critically important topic for health care journalists. Yet collecting the data needed to report on it…
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Latest Leapfrog scores show hospitals need to improve patient safety
A new report from the Leapfrog Group couldn’t be more timely given the attention hospitals have received recently on the…
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AHCJ unveils searchable database of hospital inspections
The Association of Health Care Journalists today launched hospitalinspections.org, a free, searchable news application that compiles thousands of federal inspection…
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Senators request inquiry into state medical boards
Three senators are asking the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the oversight…
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CMS-ordered report, withheld by hospital, reveals hundreds of deficiencies
When Ryan McNeill of The Dallas Morning News recently wrote for AHCJ about that paper’s investigation into patient care and…
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Dallas reporters use AHRQ data to measure patient safety
The Dallas Morning News continues its 19-month investigation into patient safety at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital.…
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Dallas hospital CEO claims reporters have a vendetta
The chief executive officer of Dallas’ Parkland Hospital claims a “vendetta” held by the Dallas Morning News‘ investigative team is…
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Inspired by NHS, Lieberman calls for reporters to spotlight patient safety improvements
Fresh off a trip to powwow with health journalists, academics and officials in England as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, AHCJ…
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Spotlight on health care quality, measures
The April issue of Health Affairs focuses on the quality of health care in the United States. Some highlights of…
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Series reveals gaps in communication of hospital inspection results
Jodie Jackson Jr. of the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune took an in-depth look at patient safety at University Hospital, part…