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Data analysis reveals wide variation in use of heart procedures
One town’s high rate of elective angioplasties has drawn the attention of the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting…
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AHCJ welcomes more new members
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members. All new AHCJ members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce…
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How do you advise people who want to be health journalists?
Covering Health needs some help from its readers today. Felice Freyer, a medical writer at The Providence (R.I.) Journal and…
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Public becoming more active in pursuit of goverment information, media less active
The public’s interest in government transparency is growing and citizens are “becoming more active in asserting their right to government…
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Updated hospital data allows reporters to identify ongoing problems
The release this month of federal data on hospital quality is a good reminder for reporters to give their local…
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Fla. system forces ventilator patients to stay in hospitals, incur multimillion-dollar bills
Richard Martin of the St. Petersburg Times reports that, because Florida has few nursing homes that can care for patients…
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Health officials clashed over alerting public to fungal infection in wake of Joplin tornado
Following the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., county public health officials found themselves in conflict with state officials about alerting…
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Regulatory board fails to collect on fines
When a California regulatory board fines dentists for things like unsanitary conditions or failure to provide patient records during an…
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Meet AHCJ’s newest members
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest group of members. All new AHCJ members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section…
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‘Designer’ drugs easily available, unpredictable
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has launched an investigation into synthetic “designer” drugs, finding that they are easy to buy, their…