When Patient Safety Falls by the Wayside

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 6, 2023

Christopher Werth, senior investigations and narrative editor at WNYC and Gothamist, and journalist Karen Shakerdge discuss their new WNYC podcast, Imminent Danger, that tells the story of one doctor who was deemed an "imminent danger" in New York, but went on to practice elsewhere, and the gaps in the safeguards that are supposed to protect patients.

 

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