by Marshall Allen, ProPublica
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Hidden financial ties rattle top health quality group
by Marshall Allen, ProPublica
Some predictions on how Medicare will release physician payment data
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
The federal government’s announcement last week that it would begin releasing data on physician payments in the Medicare program seems to have ticked off both supporters and opponents of broader transparency in medicine.
The $13 test that saved my baby’s life. Why isn’t it required for every newborn?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica
A Father’s Day remembrance
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
This story was co-published with The Washington Post.
When harm in the hospital follows you home
by Olga Pierce, ProPublica
“How is it possible to move past medical harm when every single aspect of life is impacted by it – when absolutely everything a person believed about doctors, lawyers, oversight agencies, insurance companies is turned upside down and inside out?” – Robin Karr, patient harm survivor
‘Burn the data’: Did a company try to hide risks of MRI dye Omniscan?
by Jeff Gerth, ProPublica
In 1994, a scientist studying her company’s new medical imaging dye reached troubling findings. Her boss, she recalls, told her to “burn the data.”
When doctors feel pain after a medical mistake
by Blair Hickman, ProPublica
What a new doctor learned about medical mistakes from her mom’s death
by Marshall Allen, ProPublica
For Dr. Elaine Goodman, the strongest lessons in patient safety didn’t come from her training. They came from her mother’s death.
Goodman had just finished her first year of medical school when she found herself spending months at the bedside of her 63-year-old mom, who was battling breast cancer in the hospital.
How does the FDA monitor your medical implants? It doesn’t, really
by Lena Groeger, ProPublica
Each prescription drug you take has a unique code that the government can use to track problems. But artificial hips and pacemakers? They are implanted without identification, along with many other medical devices. In fact, the FDA doesn’t know how many devices are implanted into patients each year – it simply doesn’t track that data.
Four medical implants that escaped FDA scrutiny
by Lena Groeger, ProPublica