by JKF Foundation | May 30, 2007 | Articles of Interest
Grass-Roots Movement Offers Support, Information to PeopleAffected by Medical Errors Published in: The Wall Street Journal Written by: Laura Landro 5/30/2007 – When her 18-month-old daughter Josie died after a series of medical mistakes at Johns Hopkins...
by JKF Foundation | May 17, 2007 | Articles of Interest
What to Do Instead Published in: AOL Body News Written by: CURT PESMEN, HEALTH MAGAZINE, CNN 5/17/2007 – Maybe I’m the wrong ex-patient to be telling you this: Experimental surgery erased Stage III colon cancer from my shell-shocked body six years ago. But even...
by JKF Foundation | Oct 16, 2006 | Articles of Interest
The Goal is to Communicate Published in: Newsweek Written by: Claudia Kalb 10/16/2006 – Every day, hospitals across the country care for Americans in need. Babies are born, heart-attack victims are saved, broken bones are healed. But today, as the population...
by JKF Foundation | Oct 1, 2006 | Articles of Interest
Published in: PBS 10/1/2006 – Remaking American Medicine is a four-part PBS series, airing in October 2006, that explores the healthcare quality crisis and the innovative solutions being undertaken by providers, patients and their families to transform the care...
by JKF Foundation | Jun 20, 2005 | Articles of Interest
Medical errors kill 100,000 Americans every year. A new vanguard is out to fix the fatal flaws. Published in: Forbes Written by: Robert Langreth 6/20/2005 – Josie king was a curious and precocious baby. At 18 months old she loved jumping on the trampoline and...
by JKF Foundation | Dec 4, 2004 | Articles of Interest
Published in: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Written by: Christopher Snowbeck 12/4/2004 – Little Josie King was on the road to recovery when doctors and nurses at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore failed to notice her sudden and severe dehydration....
