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Get beyond the hype to cover health IT at conferences
Neil Versel Health information technology came into prominence in health care with the advent of the federal “meaningful use” program…
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Preparing for overhaul of the VA’s electronic health record system
Andis Robeznieks Updated: June 13, 2017 – This tip sheet has been updated to reflect the VA’s decision to replace its…
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Finding purpose in mental health coverage
Jaclyn Cosgrove, a health writer at The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, was sorting through jail inspection reports from the state…
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Reporter filled in gaps of a state report to provide fuller picture of hospital prices
Claire Hughes How often has this happened to you? Over the transom comes a report you believe will be the…
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Reporter turned on-deadline account of a dental death into more than a tragic story
Sammy Caiola Sacramento Bee health reporter Sammy Caiola worked quickly to give her readers the story about the death of…
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Advice on finding pertinent data about lead contamination
Lead contamination and its health consequences have re-emerged as a critical issue in the wake of the Flint municipal water…
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Winners of 2016 health journalism contest announced
In-depth investigations into heroin and pain-pill abuse drew several top awards in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health Care…
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What you should know about the state of safe disposal of dental mercury
Mary Otto Dental amalgam is the material at the center of the National Resources Defense Council’s mercury rule lawsuit. It…
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Understanding false positives, P-hacking and statistical power
This lengthy but informative slide presentation from an experimental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, was intended for social scientists,…
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Employer plans may get whacked by GOP changes to Obamacare
In the debate over repealing Obamacare, everybody is correctly focusing on what happens to the Medicaid expansion programs and the…