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A large-scale study that followed mistakes in health care delivery at 10 North Carolina hospitals from 2002 to 2007 found…
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More than 13 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were harmed during a hospital stay, according to a study released by…
Marshall Allen, of the Las Vegas Sun, continues his look at patient safety in Las Vegas hospitals and has been…
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Last year, Atul Gawande and company made a splash by showing what a profound clinical impact checklists made on patient…
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In The New York Times, Gardiner Harris outlines the problem of medical tubing that looks very similar – leading to…
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The Washington Monthly‘s Mariah Blake writes about the ins and outs of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and their effect on…
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Using data from hospital billing records, Marshall Allen and Alex Richards of the Las Vegas Sun have been able to…
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The CDC has released a report detailing health-care-associated infections, specifically central line-associated bloodstream infections. This is the first such report…
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Those of you who attended Health Journalism 2008 may remember actor Dennis Quaid’s appearance at the event, telling the harrowing…
Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at Johns Hopkins University and founder of the Quality and Safety Research Group, will…