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Public health experts discuss ‘infectious nature’ of violence at #AHCJ17
What happens if we stop treating violence as a problem of crime and morality – and start treating it as…
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#AHCJ17 panels to address importance of social determinants
Health care reporters coming to Health Journalism 2017 in search of story ideas on covering health gaps and the social…
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Changes to prostate screening recommendations nuanced
New draft recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on prostate cancer screening for men age 55 to…
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One ethnic neighborhood fights disparities in effort to reduce childhood tooth decay
Oral health has improved for the children of San Francisco in recent years. The decay rate among kindergarteners has fallen…
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Is value-based pricing doomed? #AHCJ17 session to address this question
Paul Levy, former chief executive of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, recently made a compelling argument in a blog…
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Panel to examine MACRA, the physician payment overhaul law
Given the ACA’s uncertain future, some experts have said that another law, MACRA, could lead the way on provider payment…
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#AHCJ17 panel to explore what’s next for Health Policy
For those of us who cover health policy nationally or in our states and local communities, it has been a…
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Preparing for the VA’s electronic health record system overhaul
Care delivery at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which serves 9 million veterans, will be fascinating to cover in the…
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Is the Trump administration ignoring the LGBT community?
The Trump administration recently announced that it would no longer collect information on LGBT older adults in two key national…
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Eyre’s Pulitzer-winning work shows power of hard data, big numbers
In two days in December, the Charleston Gazette-Mail published two blockbuster articles about the opioid crisis in West Virginia, the…