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Deciphering hospital quality data
Charles Ornstein of ProPublica offers comprehensive information about how to use publicly available resources to examine the quality of local…
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Health Journalism 2011: Officials, reporters offer conflicting advice on getting public documents
The fight by journalists to obtain public documents isn't likely to get any easier, according to the four speakers on…
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Health Journalism 2011: Berwick debuts website featuring health data
Journalists have a key role to play making health care safer and informing the public, Medicare chief Donald Berwick told…
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Affordable Care Act: The politics of health care, year two
The Affordable Care Act just hit the one-year mark, but that’s not likely to change the political dynamic in D.C.…
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Presidents of AHCJ, SPJ call for more openness from Obama administration
The presidents of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists published an op-ed in The…
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2010 winners named in premier health journalism awards
Investigations into shoddy oversight of adult care homes and low quality at dialysis centers – along with moving portrayals of…
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Team investigates region’s high infant mortality rate
Milwaukee has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation and a persistent, troubling gap in birth outcomes…
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The Affordable Care Act: What to cover at the one-year mark
The Affordable Care Act became law nearly one year ago, on March 23, 2010. The biggest provisions – the state-based exchanges…
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Officials, health system administrator discuss challenges, implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Support for Health Policy has been complicated by political rhetoric and the general public’s lack of knowledge about the Affordable…
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A new government in Ireland might bring health care change
Ireland’s latest election might lead to the adoption of a universal health care model that prioritises medical care by need…