Patient Safety

Sept. 23, 2016, 10 a.m. EDT

New Report: Problem Care Harms Almost One-Third of Rehab Hospital Patients

July 21, 2016, 12:01 a.m. EDT

Study Urges CDC to Revise Count of Deaths from Medical Error

May 3, 2016, 6:31 p.m. EDT

Watch Live: ProPublica Forum on Nation’s Broken Patient Safety System

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

March 23, 2016, 8 a.m. EDT

When a Brain Surgeon Becomes a Malpractice Lawyer

Feb. 16, 2016, 1:08 p.m. EST

How Denmark Dumped Medical Malpractice and Improved Patient Safety

by Olga Pierce and Marshall Allen,

Dec. 31, 2015, 10:54 a.m. EST

A Trail of Medical Errors Ends in Grief, But No Answers

Dec. 18, 2015, 6 a.m. EST

Orthopedic Board Hasn’t Adopted Surgeon Scorecard After All

Oct. 22, 2015, 4:46 p.m. EDT

Orthopedic Board Will Use Surgeon Scorecard to Help Re-certify Docs

Oct. 13, 2015, 3:15 p.m. EDT

Our Rebuttal to RAND’s Critique of Surgeon Scorecard

by Stephen Engelberg and Olga Pierce,

Oct. 7, 2015, 6:55 p.m. EDT

Editor’s Note: ‘Dr. Abscess’ and Why Surgeon Scorecard Matters

by Stephen Engelberg,

July 28, 2015, 12:18 p.m. EDT

For a Surgeon With a History of Complications, a Felony Past

July 17, 2015, 11:53 a.m. EDT

Surgeon Scorecard and Cancer Centers

by Olga Pierce,

July 16, 2015, 2:41 p.m. EDT

Surgeon Scorecard

by Sisi Wei, Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce,

July 14, 2015, 12:20 a.m. EDT

How We Measured Surgical Complications

by Olga Pierce and Marshall Allen,

July 14, 2015, 12:14 a.m. EDT

Why We Are Publishing Surgeons’ Complication Rates

by Stephen Engelberg,

July 14, 2015, 12:13 a.m. EDT

What Experts Are Saying About Surgeon Scorecard

July 14, 2015, 12:11 a.m. EDT

Key Questions We Considered in Creating Surgeon Scorecard

July 14, 2015, 12:10 a.m. EDT

Alleged Patient Safety Kickbacks Lead To $1 Million Settlement

March 2, 2015, 9:51 p.m. EST

Unapproved, but Used in Surgery

Feb. 6, 2015, 6:05 p.m. EST

Patient Safety Journal Adjusts After an Eye-Opening Scandal

Nov. 26, 2014, 10:30 a.m. EST

Q&A: What Can U.S. Health Care Learn from the Ebola Outbreak?

Aug. 14, 2014, 3:51 p.m. EDT

We’re Still Not Tracking Patient Harm

July 17, 2014, 2:44 p.m. EDT

Beyond Ratings: More Tools Coming to Pick Your Doctor

April 8, 2014, 8:30 p.m. EDT

Rocky Mountain High or Reefer Madness? Legal Pot in Colorado Comes with Risks

April 7, 2014, 10 a.m. EDT

So You’ve Become a Patient Safety Statistic – Now What?

March 26, 2014, 12 p.m. EDT

Ad Endorsing da Vinci Robot Violated U of Illinois Policies, Review Finds

March 19, 2014, 2:35 p.m. EDT

One Third of Skilled Nursing Patients Harmed in Treatment

March 3, 2014, 10:47 a.m. EST

Health Quality Group Rethinks Drug Endorsement

Feb. 28, 2014, 9:40 p.m. EST

Citing ‘Distraction,’ Quality Forum CEO Resigns Board Seats

Feb. 27, 2014, 3:51 p.m. EST

When a University Hospital Backs a Surgical Robot, Controversy Ensues

Feb. 14, 2014, 7:59 a.m. EST

Payments to CEO Raise New Conflicts at Top Health Quality Group

Feb. 12, 2014, 2:34 p.m. EST

Senator Cites ‘Serious Concerns,’ Demands National Quality Forum Records

Feb. 4, 2014, 12:40 p.m. EST

Hidden Financial Ties Rattle Top Health Quality Group

Jan. 28, 2014, 1:18 p.m. EST

Ten Patient Stories: When Attorneys Refused My Medical Malpractice Case

Jan. 9, 2014, 11:57 a.m. EST

Patient Harm: When An Attorney Won’t Take Your Case

Jan. 6, 2014, 10:06 a.m. EST

Five Takeaways: Why Doctors Stay Mum About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make

Nov. 19, 2013, 10 a.m. EST

Why Doctors Stay Mum About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make

Nov. 8, 2013, 8:37 a.m. EST

How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?

Sept. 19, 2013, 10:03 a.m. EDT

One Step Closer To Getting Her Husband’s Heart Back

Aug. 30, 2013, 11:59 a.m. EDT

Prescriber Checkup Q&A

July 15, 2013, 2:27 p.m. EDT

MuckReads Podcast: The Good Nurse

by Minhee Cho and Marshall Allen,

July 15, 2013, 11:23 a.m. EDT

The Story Behind Our Hospital Interactive

by Tom Detzel,

May 17, 2013, 1:15 p.m. EDT

Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health

May 17, 2013, 1:15 p.m. EDT

When Harm in the Hospital Follows You Home

by Olga Pierce,

March 21, 2013, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Podcast: ProPublica Explores Patient Safety

by Minhee Cho and Marshall Allen,

Feb. 11, 2013, 3:58 p.m. EST

A Patient’s Guide: How To Stay Safe In a Hospital

Feb. 4, 2013, 3:48 p.m. EST

What a New Doctor Learned About Medical Mistakes From Her Mom’s Death

Jan. 9, 2013, 3:43 p.m. EST

How You Can Help ProPublica Cover Patient Safety

Jan. 4, 2013, 10:50 a.m. EST

How We Used Facebook to Power Our Investigation Into Patient Harm

Dec. 19, 2012, 11:46 a.m. EST

Snooping On the X-ray Tech: A Patient’s Dilemma

Dec. 4, 2012, 11:45 a.m. EST

Dead On the Operating Table: A Q&A with journalist Mina Kimes

Nov. 27, 2012, 2:18 p.m. EST

Resource: Three Ways To Tell Your Patient Harm Story

Nov. 16, 2012, 5:31 p.m. EST

New York’s Ongoing Blackout: Hospitals in Lower Manhattan

Nov. 8, 2012, 1:47 p.m. EST

NYU Hospital’s Backup System Undone by Key Part in Flooded Basement

by Sheri Fink,

Nov. 1, 2012, 10:02 p.m. EDT

In Hurricane’s Wake, Decisions Not to Evacuate Hospitals Raise Questions

by Sheri Fink,

Nov. 1, 2012, 3:36 p.m. EDT

Why Do Hospital Generators Keep Failing?

Oct. 31, 2012, 4:53 p.m. EDT

Resource: Five Safe Surgery Tips for Patients

Oct. 15, 2012, 8:55 a.m. EDT

What a Failed Vegas Sex Pill and The Meningitis Outbreak Have In Common

Oct. 10, 2012, 12:26 p.m. EDT

Are High-Volume Dental Chains Exploiting Kids on Medicaid?

by Olga Pierce,

Oct. 2, 2012, 1:27 p.m. EDT

Why Patients Don’t Report Medical Errors

Sept. 25, 2012, 10:34 a.m. EDT

Discover The Quality of Nursing Homes Near You

Sept. 21, 2012, 5:04 p.m. EDT

How You Can Help ProPublica Investigate Health Care Quality

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:36 p.m. EDT

Resource: Dealing With The Media

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:31 p.m. EDT

A Costly Equation: Medical Dollars Wasted Are Greater Than the U.S. Defense Budget

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:31 p.m. EDT

Author: Health Care Reform Is No Solution to Patient Harm

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Why Patient Harm Is One of the Leading Causes of Death in America

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Resource: Finding Unexpected Allies

Sept. 18, 2012, 2:30 p.m. EDT

To Stent Or Not To Stent, That Is In Question

Aug. 8, 2012, 12:41 p.m. EDT

Why Can't Medicine Seem to Fix Simple Mistakes?

by Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Marshall Allen,

July 20, 2012, 10:37 a.m. EDT

Cardiac Arrest: Hospital Refuses to Give Widow her Husband's Heart