Health JournalismPatient Safety Health IT May Be Cause Of Patient Errors Adopting information technology into health care is one of the most promising solutions for reducing…Bara VaidaNovember 16, 2011
Budget DeficitHealth Journalism Expert Advice On Finding Medicare Savings As the Nov. 23 deadline looms for Congress's Budge Deficit "Super Committee" to release a…Bara VaidaNovember 16, 2011
Health JournalismPatient Safety Hospitals Respond to Joint Commission Report As I mentioned in a previous post, only one DC-area hospital, Holy Cross, was ranked…Bara VaidaSeptember 26, 2011
Health JournalismPatient Safety How To Compare Hospitals For Safety As I noted in an earlier post, I'm currently working on a story about patient…Bara VaidaSeptember 21, 2011
CostsHealth Journalism Getting Ahold of Health Care Costs Health care costs are out of control. The U.S. is expected to spend $4.6 trillion…Bara VaidaSeptember 20, 2011
Health JournalismPatient Safety DC-Area Hospitals Lag in Quality I am working on a story for Washingtonian magazine about DC area hospitals and patient…Bara VaidaSeptember 16, 2011
Health Journalism PhRMA Chief Says Support of Health Law Was ‘Right Decision’ One year after John Castellani took control of PhRMA, the former manufacturing executive has steered…Bara VaidaJuly 13, 2011
Health Journalism Former HHS’s Leavitt Says Most State Exchanges Not On Track Most states are not on track to make the Jan. 1, 2014, deadline for building…Bara VaidaJune 27, 2011
Health Journalism Conservative Seniors Group Defends Ryan Medicare Plan The advocacy group 60 Plus has long marketed itself as a conservative alternative to seniors…Bara VaidaMay 26, 2011
Budget DeficitHealth Journalism Controversial Health Board Braces For Continued Medicare Battles The health law created a new independent board, the Independent Payment Advisory Board, to propose…Bara VaidaMay 8, 2011