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Lancet assesses Gates Foundation achievements
The journal Lancet tackled the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a recent issue, assessing the heavyweight’s grants and spending.…
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Homeless man teaches MD about inequalities
The Chicago Tribune‘s Judith Graham tells the story of a doctor who befriended a homeless man who sold StreetWise magazine…
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FDA considers certification to prescribe opioids
Photo by Vaprotan via Flickr Writing on the Off the Charts blog, Jacob Molyneux of the American Journal of Nursing…
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Poor, rural hospitals have higher death rates
USA Today‘s Steve Sternberg and Jack Gillum expanded upon a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report showing higher death…
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Schwarzenegger replaces nursing board members following ProPublica, LA Times investigation
Late Monday, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced nearly everyone on the state’s Board of Registered Nursing, “citing the unacceptable length…
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Online chat focuses on lobbying, health care reform
The folks at opensecrets.org, from the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, will take their commitment to following the money through…
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Reporter digs up Seattle hospital salaries
John Ryan of KUOW News in Seattle used publicly available data and records requests to localize the national debate on…
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Anecdotes unleashed as reform battle heats up
Carla K. Johnson of the Associated Press takes a look at the avalanche of anecdotes used as ammunition by both…
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‘Too old for surgery’ a more complicated decision
Marie McCullough of The Philadelphia Inquirer takes a look at lifesaving surgeries performed on older patients, finding that “Age is…
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Briefing helps reporters get up to speed on reform
Last week, the Alliance for Health Policy held a briefing geared toward reporters who might not yet be fully up…