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Understanding HIPAA: A brief overview
A primer by AHCJ's Freedom of Information & Advocacy Committee, compiled with support of The Associated Press, that explains the…
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New board and officers seated for 2006-07
Phil Galewitz of The Palm Beach Post joined a slate of incumbents in taking office as AHCJ’s 2006-07 board of…
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Tools for covering hospitals: Hospital stories to do
Tip sheet from Karl Stark, national/foreign editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and AHCJ board treasurer, from the panel “Tools for covering…
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2006 National Conference sees record number
Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the National Cancer Institute, nominated by President Bush to become commissioner of the FDA, offered…
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Katrina health impacts
Information about issues and challenges in post-Katrina Louisiana, from David Rousseau of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Freelance: A survival guide for brain and bank account
Information about freelancing from Stefanie Friedhoff, a writer based in Cambridge, Mass., and Ann Arbor, Mich.
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HIPAA: Good intentions and unintended consequences
Jessica Bernanke, of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., outlines HIPAA's privacy rule – scope, covered entities, purpose, what…
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Nanotechnology: The big story in biotech
News release from MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas: Researchers have found a way for viral and…
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Preparing your community for pandemics
Background and planning from the Harris County (Texas) Department of Public Health and Environmental Services. From a panel at Health…
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Pandemic/avian influenza: Epidemiology and challenges
Presentation from Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, M.D., FACP, of the University of Texas. From a panel at Health Journalism 2006.