How nursing homes’ worst offenses are hidden from the public.
Gebeloff R, Thomas K, Silver-Greenberg J. New York Times. December 9, 2021.
Nursing homes harbor numerous challenges to patient safety and they should be transparently reported and acted upon to ensure improvement. This news investigation discusses a gap in the reporting and inspection of nursing home incidents that undermines the ability of the US nursing home rating system to inform consumer long term care facility choice.