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AHCJ invites members to run for a seat on the board of directors
Image by FutUndBeidl via Flickr. Each year, members in AHCJ’s professional category elect members for the association board of directors. (Associate and…
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Explaining the connections between poverty, health
Olga Khazan It didn’t sit right with Olga Khazan, an associate editor at The Atlantic, seeing so many people focus…
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Using data to expose the risks of home births
Markian Hawryluk Markian Hawryluk, a health reporter with The Bend (Ore.) Bulletin and an AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellow, describes how he took advantage of new…
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Covering Medicaid fraud and overtreatment
Becca Aaronson For the past two years, Texas Tribune health writer Becca Aaronson has been covering the state’s Medicaid orthodontic scandal.…
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Explaining essential benefits, essential coverage, minimal value
Some reporters have inquired about whether “essential coverage” and “essential benefits” are one and the same. They aren’t and it’s important…
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Getting dental care to elders in nursing homes
Getting oral health care services to elders in nursing homes is a crucial task, yet one that is often overlooked.…
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What reporters need to know about the side effects reported in drug studies
Brenda Goodman Recently, Dr. Ben Goldacre, a prominent critic of drug studies, embarked on a research project of his own.…
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Kansas reporter shares rural perspective on dental care
Larry Dreiling Along with coverage of everything from Congressional wrangling over the Farm Bill to livestock management to wildlife conservation,…
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Making sure patients aren’t surprised by hidden hospital fees
Daniel Chang Daniel Chang wrote a piece for The Miami Herald on some of the hidden hospital fees that can take patients by…
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Palliative care: Our language matters
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients…