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Document management systems can help find the story in thousands of pages
After a number of media companies, including my paper, the Idaho Statesman, successfully sued for court files improperly sealed during…
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Telemedicine: What reporters need to know
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications for clinical care. The American Telemedicine Association defines it as two-way video, email, smartphones, wireless tools…
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Tools and apps for freelancers
This collection of resources for freelancers was presented at Health Journalism 2016. It includes tools for tracking time, organizing, running…
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Need a certain type of patient to add life to your story? Here are some tips
Patient voices bring an added dimension to health care stories, but connecting with patients meeting certain demographics often can be…
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How a one-word idea can lead to a Page One story
When Amy Ellis Nutt joined the health, science and environment team at The Washington Post, where her beat is the brain, it seemed a good time…
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Financial incentives for physicians may not be working as expected
One premise behind the formation of accountable care organizations is that physicians and other health care providers would have financial…
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There’s not one reason why co-ops are failing; there are dozens
In March 2014, I scored an interview with the chief executive of a new health insurer called Maine Community Health…
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The new ecosystem of health data keeps getting bigger
Each year, the release of new datasets makes it more exciting to cover health care. No longer are we limited…
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How ‘age friendly’ is your community? Here are some tips to assess it
You may be familiar with the term “age-friendly city,” but do you know what goes into being one? It’s a…
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In health reporting, hard data provides a sound skeletal structure for good anecdotes
“Pesticide use by farmers linked to high rates of depression, suicides.” This story came about because I saw a federal…