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Mass. won’t post hospitals’ death rates
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk reports that, two years after it was first proposed by a consumer group, the Massachusetts…
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Australia lagging in conflict-of-interest disclosures
When a country is holding up the United States as a model of progress on medical conflict of interest issues,…
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As school starts, so do youth sports injuries
The University of Michigan’s new Michigan NeuroSport Concussion Program seems to be cropping up everywhere, and as far as I…
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Most EU patient groups get industry money
Over at Pharmalot, Covering Health veteran Ed Silverman reports on one European activist group’s survey of corporate sponsorship and disclosure…
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Endowment funds local health reporter
Let’s get the headline out of the way first: The Merced Sun-Star is hiring a health care reporter! Now, the…
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Article looks at evidence behind back surgery
In the Star Tribune, Janet Moore seeks to counter aggressive spinal surgery with equally aggressive journalism. It’s a comprehensive take…
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Investigating, localizing salmonella outbreak
As some of you may have noticed, there’s an egg recall going on. It all began when the CDC’s PulseNet…
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PTSD or personality disorder? It matters to soldiers
The AP’s Anne Flaherty has put together a story that illuminates the Army’s refusal to admit that it could have…
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Heisel’s ‘Doctors Behaving Badly’ goes viral
As anybody who follows the Reporting on Health blog knows, William Heisel’s virtual roadshow of physician background research has been…
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Study: Foreign training doesn’t affect care
A Health Affairs study evaluating the relative quality of care provided by international medical graduates practicing in the United States…