Charles Ornstein

Charles Ornstein
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Schwarzenegger’s Budget Calls for Increased Policing of Health Care Workers

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - January 9, 2010 5:53 am EST

A version of this story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Friday for 107 new investigative staffers to improve the discipline of errant nurses and other health professionals, a rare push for more in a budget proposing less in almost every area.

The $12.8 million spending request came as Schwarzenegger proposed deep cuts throughout California government for the fiscal 2011 budget, which takes effect July 1. If approved, the additional staff would be paid from the … more

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Inept Nurses Free to Work in New Locales

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica, and Maloy Moore, Los Angeles Times - December 27, 2009 9:04 am EST

Dozens of Criminal Registered Nurses Identified by California Regulators

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - December 26, 2009 2:10 am EST

Calif. Registered Nursing Board Follows Up on Our Nurses Stories

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - December 26, 2009 1:00 am EST

A ‘Crazy’ Way for an Industry to Operate

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - December 5, 2009 9:06 am EST

Temp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - December 5, 2009 7:52 am EST

California Adopts Stricter Rules for Drug Abusers in the Health Industry

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - November 20, 2009 8:47 am EST

Reform of California Nursing Board’s Discipline System Shows Early Progress

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - October 10, 2009 10:09 pm EST

Key Panel Presses for Clearer Guidance on Who Gets Scarce Resources in Major Medical Disasters

by Charles Ornstein and Sheri Fink, ProPublica - September 24, 2009 6:02 pm EST

Schwarzenegger Wants Sweeping Reforms in Discipline System for Health Care Providers

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times - August 13, 2009 7:57 am EST

California Will Require Criminal Background Checks Before Granting Temporary Licenses to Nurses

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - August 11, 2009 1:51 pm EST

State Board Seeks Swifter Action Against Errant Nurses

by Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - July 27, 2009 11:10 pm EST

Loose Reins on Nurses in Drug Abuse Program

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - July 25, 2009 12:31 am EST

California Nursing Board Executive Officer Ruth Ann Terry Resigns

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - July 15, 2009 10:31 am EST

Schwarzenegger Replaces Most of State Nursing Board

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - July 13, 2009 9:55 pm EST

Troubled Nursing Board Defends Itself

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - July 13, 2009 2:11 pm EST

Board Takes No Public Action Against Some King/Drew Nurses

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica, and Maloy Moore, Los Angeles Times - July 11, 2009 1:04 am EST

When Caregivers Harm: Problem Nurses Stay on the Job as Patients Suffer

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica, and Maloy Moore, Los Angeles Times - July 11, 2009 12:17 am EST

Veronica Glaubach: Joy of Birth, Then Tragedy

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - July 10, 2009 10:42 am EST

Kaiser Hospital Fined $250,000 for Privacy Breach in Octuplet Case

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - May 15, 2009 4:55 am EST

Video: In Her Own Words: Farrah Fawcett

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - May 11, 2009 8:00 am EST

Farrah Fawcett: ‘Under a Microscope’ and Holding On to Hope

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - May 11, 2009 5:00 am EST

Where Things Stand: California’s Criminal Nurses

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber - December 31, 2008 11:33 am EST

Many California Health Workers Not Checked for Criminal Pasts

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber - December 29, 2008 9:25 pm EST

Electronic Voting Machine Maker Responds

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - November 4, 2008 5:38 pm EST

Michigan Clerk Sees Problems With Electronic Voting Machines

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica - November 4, 2008 3:16 pm EST

Board Knew of Nurses’ Criminal Records But Took Years to Act

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - November 1, 2008 11:10 pm EST

California Nursing Board Will Require Fingerprints From All Licensees

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - October 24, 2008 11:00 am EST

California Takes Steps to Probe Nurses’ Criminal Backgrounds

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - October 11, 2008 9:40 am EST

Criminal Past Is No Bar to Nursing in California

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica - October 4, 2008 8:20 am EST
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Charles Ornstein, in collaboration with Tracy Weber, was a lead reporter on a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times titled "The Troubles at King/Drew" hospital that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for public service in 2005. Ornstein reported for the Times starting in 2001, in the last five years largely in partnership with Weber. Earlier, Ornstein spent five years as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. He is vice president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and a former Kaiser Family Foundation media fellow.

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