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 Journalism DC Area Hospitals Don’t Participate In Patient Safety Survey The nonprofit patient safety organization, LeapFrog Group, has published its annual safety ratings on the…Bara VaidaDecember 7, 2011
Health JournalismOther Work Will Supreme Court Uphold Health Law? For much of this year, I was keeping track of the two dozen health care…Bara VaidaNovember 17, 2011
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
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
Washington Life Love: Wonk-Style Who knew the auditorium inside think tank Brookings Institute was a hot spot for meeting…Bara VaidaSeptember 20, 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