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We have public options now. Are they any good?
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…
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Parikh: Malpractice reform’s no cost-cutter
Rahul Parikh, M.D., writing on Salon.com, talks about his own tendencies toward defensive medicine and debunks the idea that malpractice…
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600-plus Ill. patients drugged without consent
After a review of 40,000+ inspection reports for Illinois nursing homes, the Chicago Tribune‘s Sam Roe reports that the paper…
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Is community research oversight flawed?
America’s 400-plus designated Community Research Sites receive much less attention than the massive academic research hospitals, but conduct the bulk…
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Lopez: Gynecologist gave me permit to buy weed
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez writes about his trip to a clinic specializing in herbal medicine (known for “writing…
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Scans at LA hospital spewed 8x normal radiation
On Oct. 8, the FDA issued an alert recommending hospitals review CT scan radiation levels after dangerous doses were detected…
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Controversy follows medical tourism’s top couple
Reuters’ Brendan Borrell profiles Jonathan Edelheit and Renée-Marie Stephano, the 37-year-old lawyers who founded the Medical Tourism Association in 2007…
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Bundled payments may improve care, lower costs
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz looks at bundling hospital payments, a possible solution to the confusion and cost of separate…
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Resources for journalists covering flu
AHCJ member Stefanie Friedhoff has led a Nieman Foundation effort to bring together as much pandemic flu material as possible…
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Young to report on health for USA Today
AHCJ member Alison Young has gone from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she has been writing an investigative column, to USA…