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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Ethics audits of health-related agencies available
Every year, the federal Office of Government Ethics audits ethics programs at a few federal agencies and departments. The targeted…
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Mass. won’t post hospitals’ death rates
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk reports that, two years after it was first proposed by a consumer group, the Massachusetts…
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AHCJ pushes for access to publicly funded research
The strong public interest in “direct, free and full text access to research articles” prompted the Association of Health Care…
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EPA changes would improve public access to data
A recent OMB Watch story covers the EPA’s latest attempt to leverage the Toxic Substances Control Act to make it…
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