Cheryl Clark
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San Diego, CA, United States
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Latest medical conference to go virtual will target improving diagnosis, reducing disparities
One of the nation’s most interesting, patient- and media-friendly medical organizations next week will focus on a topic more relevant than ever during a pandemic. The annual meeting of the Society … → Read More
In writing about whether schools will open for in-person classes, check case counts in kids
As you write about the continuing back and forth over the how and when — and if — it will be safe to reopen schools for on-site classes next month, journalists might ask these questions: What do ca… → Read More
Problems found in initial federal data on COVID-19 in nursing homes
When Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, announced June 4 that she and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were unveiling COVID-19 data for all the n… → Read More
Local officials on watch for unauthorized COVID-19 test sites
Cities, counties and states around the country are probably on heightened alert for unauthorized pop-up COVID-19 testing operations after San Diego County took steps to shut down one such clinic We… → Read More
Looking at the evidence on homemade face masks to prevent coronavirus transmission
In my corner of Southern California, sewing equipment stores say they’re out of stock on machines priced under $500 because face mask entrepreneurs have gobbled them all up. As of this weekend, non… → Read More
Lessons learned while tracking an anesthesiologist’s drug abuse and diversion case
This is any hospital’s or medical group practice’s — and thus any affected patient’s — worst nightmare. A long-time trusted and well-liked doctor at a large academic medical center in Southern Cal… → Read More
Expert and author traces history of patient safety movement, suggests stories
Yes, there’s a lot going on these days. Impeachment. Potential war. The 2020 election. (Forget for a minute the cynic’s view that all three things might actually the same.) We’re forgetting or perh… → Read More
Investigation reveals failings in adoption of electronic health records
Over the past decade, federal spending of $36 billion to stimulate health providers’ conversion of patient medical records from piles of paper to electronic format was supposed to make care safer a… → Read More
Military’s heat-related illnesses, deaths demonstrate link between climate change, health reporting
Climate change and health care are two separate beats, right? Usually that’s the case. Environmental reporters worry about endangered species and greenhouse gases. Health reporters worry about hosp… → Read More
Reporter discusses search for ‘vent farm’ patient’s identity
It’s not a good idea to try to do anything else while listening to Joanne Faryon’s podcast about “Sixty-Six Garage,” a man who went unidentified in a San Diego “vent farm,” aka skilled nursing faci… → Read More
New rule allows Medicare reimbursement to ambulatory surgery centers for knee replacements, stents
Knee replacement surgeries and stenting procedures will now be reimbursed in free-standing ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries as of Jan. 1 under a new rule finali… → Read More
Veteran reporter offers tips to keep yourself safe covering wildfires
So you’re working away — perhaps at home — on a story about vaping or high prescription costs or results from a new clinical trial, not paying much attention to the news. All of a sudden your edito… → Read More
Advocate talks about progress on patient safety, offers story ideas
Lisa McGiffert is best known by journalist, health provider organizations and regulatory agencies, as the former director of the Consumers Union Safe Patient Project, an effort sponsored by Consume… → Read More
Quality data on ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient services available
As my colleague Joyce Frieden reported for MedPage Today on Tuesday, in 2020, reporters will be able to compare the quality of some hospital outpatient departments and some ambulatory surgical cent… → Read More
Despite checklists, cataloging strategies and other efforts, ‘forgotten surgical items’ remain a problem
About this time every year, the story of Dan Jennings, a man I got to know fairly well, always seems to come to mind. It was Sept. 14, 1999, when his odyssey as a patient zero of medical errors be… → Read More
Annual list provides opportunities for stories on hazards in health care
The ECRI Institute every so often comes out with top 10 lists, and on Monday it issued its latest, focusing on devices that cause harm. Its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards is produced annually. He… → Read More
IG report: Some states fall short on oversight of surgery centers
Here’s a somewhat worrisome report from the Office of Inspector General. Some two-thirds of the ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the nation are supposed to be surveyed for quality and safety i… → Read More