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Double Dipping: Four Tips from USA TODAY’s Injection Safety Investigation

I rarely read an entire story on my phone, but when I saw the headline Dirty medical needles put tens of thousands at risk in USA TODAY on Thursday, I had to click through all nine pages of it.

A Public Death: Six Reasons for Access to Death Certificates and Autopsies

I am lobbying the Association of Health Care Journalists to help me make the case that death certificates and autopsies are important public records that should not be hidden by state or federal laws.

How Journalists Can Help Bridge Patient Safety Information Gap

Much of the recent focus on patient safety can credited to the health journalists who pierced the veil of silence and raised public awareness of medical errors.

Helen Haskell on Medical Errors: New Tools Capture the Latest Tolls of Medical Harm

Health care has changed radically in the last decade. Yet we're still using outdated statistics on medical errors. Why?

Helen Haskell on Tracking Medical Errors: How We Err When Counting the Casualties of Medical Care

Patient activist Helen Haskell argues that we won't be able to prevent medical errors unless we get a better handle on just how many errors there are.

Apology as Cure: Finding the Secret Ingredients to Make "Sorry" Really Work

Three more questions you should pursue based on the debate over the SorryWorks! program, which protects doctors who apologize for medical errors that harm patients.

Moments of Failure: An Oncologist's Perspective

An oncologist offers his perspective on medical errors. The driving force is fear and guilt: fear for the mistakes you might make, guilt for the mistakes you already made.

Apology as Cure: Dig into Data to Find Number of Patients Harmed

Should a doctor be able to say sorry to a patient who has been harmed and then avoid the repercussions of the error?

Apology as Cure: Should Laws Change to Encourage Doctor to Admit Medical Errors?

Efforts to change laws to encourage doctors to apologize for medical errors while avoiding lawsuits have sparked debate over whether patient safety will be compromised. Here's why.

Serious Complications: Should Andy Rooney's Cause of Death Be Kept Secret?

When is a story important enough to warrant reporting on a cause of death? Do the deaths of famous people open an opportunity to raise public awareness about medical errors or other health threats? What about the person next door?

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