Advocacy
AHCJ advocates for transparency and accuracy in health reporting, ensuring access to credible information and equipping journalists to assess the trustworthiness of health news.
Right to Know
The right to know: It’s a concept that underpins all journalism, and nowhere is it more important than in health care and medicine. Patients have a right to know what will keep them healthy and what will make them sick. The public have a right to know how effectively their government protects and serves those who depend on it. For health care journalists that means heavy responsibilities – and sometimes daunting challenges. Through its advocacy arm, the Right to Know Committee, it works to open doors to health and medical knowledge and serves as a resource for members having difficulty accessing information.
Latest Efforts
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Cost reports show financial health of hospitals, amount of charity care they provide
Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit investigative journalism team, recently published a two-part series on hospitals based on financial data obtained for every…
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How I did it: Reporting on delays in newborn testing
Ellen Gabler The investigative team of Ellen Gabler, John Fauber and Mark Johnson at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel used data to uncover…
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Attorney argues confidentiality provision in SNAP case was misinterpreted
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held hearings yesterday on a 2011 lawsuit brought by the Argus Leader of Sioux…
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AHCJ seeks release of health insurance exchange data
AHCJ has called on the federal government to release data about enrollment in the federal health insurance exchange as soon…
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