Advocacy
AHCJ advocates for openness and provides resources for members striving to shed light on complex topics.
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.
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Disciplined doctors in Conn. continue to get drug industry payments
Lisa Chedekel of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports that, even as doctors are investigated and disciplined for violating medical conduct…
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CMS-ordered report, withheld by hospital, reveals hundreds of deficiencies
When Ryan McNeill of The Dallas Morning News recently wrote for AHCJ about that paper’s investigation into patient care and…
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AHCJ opposes taking taxpayer-funded research out of public’s reach
Congress should not roll back public access to taxpayer-funded research reports, AHCJ wrote in a letter to members of Congress…
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AHCJ weighs in on FCC broadcast transparency proposal
AHCJ is supporting a new effort to require broadcasters to report their funding sources online, because that would make it…
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