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Medicare: The basics, the politics and the resources
Medicare is one of the largest government programs in the United States. Health reporters are bound to hear about it…
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Investigation: Falsified charts in nursing homes linked to patient care
Marjie Lundstrom Sacramento Bee reporter Marjie Lundstrom recently wrote a two-part series on the falsification of patient records in nursing…
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Electronic medical records: Promised land or mirage?
Electronic medical record systems have been touted for years as the way to fix health care. Proponents say electronic prescribing…
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Business of Health Care: Tapping the holy grail of hospital data
How profitable is your local hospital? How much charity care does it provide? Do doctors there implant a disproportionate number…
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Group effort documents effects of cutting services to seniors
Services that mean a world of difference to needy seniors – everything from meals on wheels to specially equipped vans…
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Tips for print, online journalists to embrace broadcast opportunities
Bruce Japsen As our media world changes, journalists who have traditionally worked for print outlets are finding themselves with the…
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Business of Health Care: Speakers’ Materials
Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation Handouts and presentations from the October 2011 workshop held in San Francisco. Topics include hospital…
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Using the data to examine a hospital chain in California
Investigative reporter Christina Jewett explains how she and other journalists have analyzed data from California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning…
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Reporter investigates high rates of elective procedures
Emily Bazar One of the goals of the Health Policy law is to change the payment incentives to get rid…
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How young reporters put together a comprehensive look at aging
Brave Old World is a fascinating multimedia look at aging produced by News21 fellows from Columbia University’s Graduate School of…