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AHRQ interviews Ornstein, talks medical errors
Robert Wachter, M.D., (bio), editor of AHRQ WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality), interviewed AHCJ President Charles Ornstein, of ProPublica, for a…
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Sarasota site hits milestone, wins unusual honor
It’s been three months since AHCJ member David Gulliver launched the nonprofit, online Sarasota Health News, and the site’s celebrating…
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Rural health costs: Lower, but just as uneven
Writing on the rural news site Daily Yonder, Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery take a look at the Dartmouth Atlas,…
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Social media takes over ScienceWriters 2009
Writing for the Columbia Journalism Review, Robin Lloyd and Cristine Russell tell an increasingly familiar story: Twitter and friends take…
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War injuries advance treatment of brain injuries
In a three-part package published this month, the Los Angeles Times‘ Melissa Healy explains recent advances in the diagnosis and…
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CBS questions CDC’s H1N1 prevalence estimates
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson reviewed state and federal data (collected through FOIA and other open records requests) and found that H1N1…
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Cancer society’s messages on screening conflict
The New York Times‘ Gina Kolata reports that the American Cancer Society, a longtime defender of early detection and cancer…
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They gave us Part D, now protect it from reform
ProPublica’s Olga Pierce reports that at least 25 of the folks who helped push through pharma-friendly Medicare Part D six…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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Trib looks into dangerous nursing home residents
The Chicago Tribune‘s Gary Marx and David Jackson examined the effectiveness of Illinois regulations implemented in 2006 to protect nursing…