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Open access to research recognized this week
It’s Open Access week! Time to honor the principle that scientific research should be made available for free online immediately…
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Media guide focuses on drug abuse, addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released a 27-page media guide condensing up-to-date facts, figures and research on drug…
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HuffPo: EMR cost estimates involve ‘fuzzy math’
Fred Schulte, writing for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, worked to understand the math needed to attach a $19 billion…
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Doctor’s path shows licensing’s weaknesses
The Associated Press’ Jay Reeves exposes systemic flaws in state medical licensing through the story of a physician who was…
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Under 1959 law, hospitals claim right to bill county for charity care
David Gulliver of Sarasota Health News found an almost-surreal local story that demonstrates just how desperate some recession-bitten hospitals have…
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St. Louis AHCJ members recognized for coverage
The St. Louis American was recognized by the Maternal Child and Family Health Coalition for “contributions to maternal and child…
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Bioethicist: Health workers must get H1N1 vaccine
On MSNBC.com, University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Arthur Caplan takes a tough stand on flu vaccines for health professionals, imploring…
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Sourcebook now has examples of how folks use it
The Alliance for Health Policy has supplemented its Covering Health Issues sourcebook, distributed to AHCJ members earlier this year, with,…
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WSJ looks at effects of Penn. outcomes database
The Wall Street Journal‘s Thomas Burton has taken a look at the effects of one state’s commitment to publishing hospital…
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NCAA doesn’t monitor painkiller use
Gene Sapakoff of the Charleston, S.C. Post and Courier reports that while the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference went…