Resources

Hospital inspections resources

“Covering Health” blog posts

• Series reveals gaps in communication of hospital inspection results March 14, 2011
• Hospital infections on rise in Nev., reporters find  Aug. 10, 2010
• Reports detail Dallas hospital on brink of losing federal funds Aug. 22, 2011
• Outpatient inspections show serious lapses Jul. 16, 2010
• CMS reverses decision on access to Idaho inspection reports  May. 28, 2009
• Sunshine Week: Online health data varies by state Mar. 16, 2009

“Covering Health” blog posts about hospital inspections other than CMS

• Joint Commission finds improved hospital quality  Jan. 19, 2010 
• VA hospitals faulted for lax infection control  Jun. 17, 2009
• Sunshine Week: Some hospital quality measures online but more could be done    03/15/09

Conference presentations

• Making Sense of Hospital Data (Ashish Jha presentation)   04/30/12

Articles about conference panels

• Explosion of hospital quality data creates opportunities for journalists    05/15/12

Reporter tip sheets

• Handling the explosion of hospital quality data   04/30/12
• Reporting on the business of health care    02/18/10

Reporter “how-I-did-it” stories

• Public handicapped by lack of information on medical errors    09/09/10

Stories using hospital inspections data

• The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations   4/20/18
• Medicare report finds elevated number of patient-care violations at some Triad hospitals   5/7/18