Phil Bronstein, Editor-at-Large of Hearst Newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle writes this about the compilation of articles he and a group of Hearst reporters put together entitled "Dead by Mistake."
Dead by mistake, the comprehensive story you see on this web site, is the result of two things converging: a team of skilled and dedicated journalists from across Hearst newspapers and television stations, and a critical and neglected health care issue that dramatically affects hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.
The idea for the story first came in an informal discussion among reporters and editors from several papers; we were looking at topics to investigate that would have a significant impact on people's lives. We decided that focusing on the plague of fatal but preventable hospital errors would be a public service.
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