ConsumersHealth JournalismPatient SafetyWashington Consumer CheckbookWell-Being Does it matter if your doctor is board certified? I've started writing for Washington Consumer Checkbook, which advises consumers to select physicians who are…Bara VaidaNovember 18, 2024
CQ ResearcherFDAFeaturedHealth JournalismPatient SafetyPolicy Hope in Crisis: the Opioid Epidemic In this article for the College of William & Mary's alumni magazine, I profiled seven…Bara VaidaJanuary 29, 2020
FeaturedHealth JournalismPatient Safety Will Antibiotics Keep Working? I take an in-depth look at the state of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. and…Bara VaidaJune 18, 2018
Health JournalismPatient SafetyPolicy NIH’s Collins Urges Americans to Avoid Opioids Drug overdose deaths escalated in 2016, as the nation has struggled with one of the…Bara VaidaSeptember 13, 2017
ConsumersFeaturedHealth JournalismPatient Safety Integrating Social Needs To Improve Health In the March issue of Health Affairs, I write about the nascent but growing national effort…Bara VaidaMarch 1, 2017
FeaturedHealth JournalismPatient Safety Minor Mistakes, Deadly Results: Hospitals And Patient Safety My story exploring the safety of D.C.-area hospitals has been published in Washingtonian's February issue…Bara VaidaJanuary 28, 2012
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
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
Patient Safety A Surgery Error That Should Never Happen "Med Student has wrong site surgery that has impacted her ability to conceive" was the…Bara VaidaSeptember 23, 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