ProPublica is pleased to host&nbsp;a convening of doctors, patient safety advocates and other health care professionals to discuss patient harm (estimated as the third-leading cause of death in the United States) and ways to improve health care quality.ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest,&nbsp;has sought greater medical transparency through its <a target="_blank" href="https://projects.propublica.org/surgeons/">Surgeon Scorecard</a> database, an interactive tool that reports the complication rates for surgeons nationwide. For the first time, it lets patients weigh the track records of doctors on common elective procedures &ndash; and it has sparked considerable debate in the medical community. This free event, moderated by NPR health writer and editor Scott Hensley,&nbsp;will feature key thought leaders with divergent views on the causes of patient harm and the best ways to improve patient safety.&nbsp;REGISTRATION:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://propub.li/1pd815X">propub.li/1pd815X</a>Continental breakfast provided at 9:30 a.m. |&nbsp;Discussion begins at 10 a.m.

ProPublica is pleased to host&nbsp;a convening of doctors, patient safety advocates and other health care professionals to discuss patient harm (estimated as the third-leading cause of death in the United States) and ways to improve health care quality.

ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest,&nbsp;has sought greater medical transparency through its <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/surgeons/">Surgeon Scorecard</a> database, an interactive tool that reports the complication rates for surgeons nationwide. For the first time, it lets patients weigh the track records of doctors on common elective procedures &ndash; and it has sparked considerable debate in the medical community. This free event, moderated by NPR health writer and editor Scott Hensley,&nbsp;will feature key thought leaders with divergent views on the causes of patient harm and the best ways to improve patient safety.&nbsp;

REGISTRATION:&nbsp;<a href="http://propub.li/1pd815X">propub.li/1pd815X</a>

Continental breakfast provided at 9:30 a.m. |&nbsp;Discussion begins at 10 a.m.

American Hospital Association

Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND focuses on the issues that matter most such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world&#39;s preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years. As a nonpartisan organization, RAND is widely respected for operating independent of political and commercial pressures. Through our dedication to high-quality and objective research and analysis and with sophisticated analytical tools developed over many years, RAND engages clients to create knowledge, insight, information, options, and solutions that will be both effective and enduring.

RAND Corporation

Senior Natural Scientist 

Harvard School of Public Health 

Professor of Health Policy

The Johns Hopkins University opened in 1876, with the inauguration of its first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. "What are we aiming at?" Gilman asked in his installation address. "The encouragement of research ... and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell." The mission laid out by Gilman remains the university's mission today, summed up in a simple but powerful restatement of Gilman's own words: "Knowledge for the world."

After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Eminent professors mentor top students in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business and the health professions. Those same faculty members, and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory, have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university.

Johns Hopkins University

Professor of Surgery and Public Health  

ProPublica

Deputy Data Editor

ProPublica Live: A Conversation On Transparency And Patient Safety

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with &ldquo;moral force.&rdquo; We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.

Investigative journalism is at risk. Many news organizations have increasingly come to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special01/0528bolles-stateofreporting.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;" target="_blank">see it as a luxury</a>. Today&rsquo;s investigative reporters lack resources: Time and budget constraints are curbing the ability of journalists not specifically designated &ldquo;investigative&rdquo; to do this kind of reporting in addition to their regular beats. New models are, therefore, necessary to carry forward some of the great work of journalism in the public interest that is such an integral part of self-government, and thus an important bulwark of our democracy.

ProPublica was founded by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.propublica.org/about/leadership#steiger" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Paul Steiger</a>, the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. It is now led by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.propublica.org/about/staff#engelberg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Stephen Engelberg</a>, a former managing editor of The Oregonian and former investigative editor of The New York Times, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.propublica.org/about/staff#tofel" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Richard Tofel</a>, the former assistant publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

ProPublica is headquartered in Manhattan. Its establishment was announced in October 2007. Operations commenced in January 2008, and publishing began in June 2008.

ProPublica Live: A Conversation On Transparency And Patient Safety

Host

ProPublica

Speakers

Nancy Foster

Mark Friedberg

Ashish Jha

Martin Makary

Olga Pierce

Coordinator

Cynthia Gordy, ProPublica Director of Marketing

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