Helen Haskell

Hospitals Reported Few Captured Patient Harm Events to CMS and States

Hospitals Reported Few Captured Patient Harm Events to CMS and States | Office of Inspector General | Government Oversight | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/...

Hospitals Did Not Capture Half of Patient Harm Events, Limiting Information Needed to Make Care Safer

Hospitals Did Not Capture Half of Patient Harm Events, Limiting Information Needed to Make Care Safer | Office of Inspector General | Government Oversight | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/...

Antipsychotics pose risks for nearly 9 in 10 older users, major study finds Prescribing antipsychotics for older people with dementia can be a balancing act for clinicians who aim to provide quality care while mitigating the health risks of these drugs. A new study underscore...

Antipsychotics pose risks for nearly 9 in 10 older users, major study finds - McKnight's Long-Term Care News www.mcknights.com/news/antipsy...

25 years ago, I reported on horrifying hospital errors. Here’s what’s changed since then — and what hasn’t Twenty-five years ago, Larry Tye reported on hospital errors for the Boston Globe. His recent wrist surgery showed just how much things have changed since then.

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What Happened to Our Brains During the Pandemic? Brains appeared to age faster, even in people who didn't get COVID

What Happened to Our Brains During the Pandemic? www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...

Wes The Puppet-Master – Patient and Public Voice in The Ten Year Plan and Dash Review | InHealth Associates Taken together, the NHS Ten Year Plan and The Dash Review have served, almost fatally, to destroy patient power. Almost. Wes Streeting describes intermediary organisations that channel and amplify pat...

Wes The Puppet-Master – Patient and Public Voice in The Ten Year Plan and Dash Review | InHealth Associates www.inhealthassociates.co.uk/patient-lead...

Column | 23andMe is out of bankruptcy. You should still delete your DNA. 2 million people deleted their DNA from 23andMe after it declared bankruptcy. Now the more than 10 million remaining customers should delete theirs, too.

23andMe is back and so are privacy risks. Delete your DNA. - The Washington Post wapo.st/4eWqEFd

Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed - KFF Health News For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.

Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Survival rates for cancer patients on immunotherapy depend on insurance coverage, study finds Survival rates in cancer patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors depended on their insurance coverage, new study found.

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RFK Jr. says medical journals are ‘corrupt.’ As former NEJM editors, we know he’s wrong RFK Jr.’s plan to circumvent established medical journals smacks more of retaliation than reform, write three former NEJM editors.

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Mistrust in artificial intelligence in health care - 6 items Here’s another one of my collections of readings on a given topic.

Gary Schwitzer: Mistrust in artificial intelligence in health care - 6 items open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

U.K. decision blocks a pair of Alzheimer’s drugs from access through its national health service A U.K. health agency said the Alzheimer's drugs Kisunla and Leqembi are not cost-effective, meaning they won't be offered through the NHS.

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Health system doubles infection prevention staff, watches infections plummet PHOENIX — Infection rates decreased by up to 57% at a Virginia health system when it increased the size of its infection prevention staff, according to data presented at a conference.

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Potential Diagnostic Error in the ED, Mortality, and Healthy Days at Home This cohort study examines a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older with emergency hospitalizations for high-risk conditions from 2016 to 2019.

Potential Diagnostic Error for Emergency Conditions, Mortality, and Healthy Days at Home |JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New CDC data: Older adults face rising fall death rates Unintentional falls among older adults have become increasingly deadly, with new federal data revealing significant increases in mortality rates over the past two decades.

New CDC data: Older adults face rising fall death rates - McKnight's Long-Term Care News www.mcknights.com/news/new-cdc...

The Gaslit Patient Is it you?

(1) The Gaslit Patient - by Zed Zha, MD (she/her) drzedzha.substack.com/p/the-gaslit...

26 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis "Discover why more than half of older adults rely on Medicare Advantage for health coverage, and the growing trend of hospitals dropping MA plans due to adminis

26 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/20-h...

26 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis "Discover why more than half of older adults rely on Medicare Advantage for health coverage, and the growing trend of hospitals dropping MA plans due to adminis

26 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/20-h...

‘It just wasn’t viable’: the safety crisis facing patients with sensory impairments When Henrietta Hughes, the first patient safety commissioner for England, set out to investigate issues faced by those with sensory impairment, there was no shortage of examples. She had received seve...

‘It just wasn’t viable’: the safety crisis facing patients with sensory impairments - The Pharmaceutical Journal pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...

What we misunderstand about “doing your own research” It’s become a punchline – but it points to something broken in how we share health information

How should we respond to people “doing their own research?”
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Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study Caregiver concern for clinical deterioration is associated with critical illness in paediatric patients and, after adjusting for variables including abnormal vital signs, had a strong association with...

Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Patient Safety Network Papers Restored Amid Lawsuit From Doctors The papers had been removed from the government site over terms like 'transgender' and 'LGBTQ'

Patient Safety Network Papers Restored Amid Lawsuit From Doctors www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans | Trump administration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Uncovering misconduct among the Alzheimer’s ‘amyloid mafia’ At HJ25 in L.A., Charles Piller spoke about his book delving into the world of Alzheimer's research misconduct.

Uncovering misconduct among the Alzheimer’s ‘amyloid mafia’ healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

Do ultra-processed foods kill 124,000 Americans yearly? When a paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine was published in April, headlines were consistent:

Gary Schwitzer: Do ultra-processed foods kill 124,000 Americans yearly? open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

Why People May Stop Using GLP-1 Drugs How many people stop using GLP-1 drugs and why is not an unreported phenomenon, but I think it is under-reported in mainstream news media coverage in light of the seemingly non-stop promotion of the d...

Why People May Stop Using GLP-1 Drugs
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Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia Uses AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture®, TeamSTEPPS® | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroo...

Up to one-third of radiology researchers may be falsifying medical images prior to publishing These actions represent "a significant threat to the integrity of radiology research," authors of a new analysis caution.

Up to one-third of radiology researchers may be falsifying medical images prior to publishing healthimaging.com/topics/manag...

How the Dutch ensure 95% of citizens have a family doctor Part 1 of a 4 part series: Insurers, mostly non-profit cooperatives, are obligated to ensure everyone has access to a GP in Holland.

How the Dutch ensure 95% of citizens have a family doctor canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-dutch-en...

Senate GOP eyes Medicare Advantage reforms as a way to pay for tax cuts Senators see a crackdown on Medicare Advantage upcoding as a potential way to generate savings.

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