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Dental study backs up surgeon general’s concerns about excessive opioid use #AHCJ16
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has launched a campaign to address an epidemic of opioid addiction that holds two million…
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Financial incentives for physicians may not be working as expected
One premise behind the formation of accountable care organizations is that physicians and other health care providers would have financial…
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Flaws, limits and conflicts: Tips to find study pitfalls #AHCJ16
At Health Journalism 2016 in Cleveland, Andrew M. Seaman and Hilda Bastian discussed shortcuts for weighing the likelihood a study’s…
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How do you report a story buried within 8,000 documents? Well, there’s an app for that
Audrey Dutton knew it was coming. Someday, she thought, a treasure trove of documents would be unsealed. These were the…
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Health care and the ‘tyranny’ of place #AHCJ16
What has the greatest impact on a person’s health? It’s not nutrition. It’s not education. It’s not even genetics. It’s…
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Covering health care quandaries in an anti-immigrant campaign year
Here’s a story worth looking at in the states, particularly in the midst of a pretty heated campaign season: health…
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Aging brains benefit from higher intensity physical exercise, study indicates
More confirmation on the benefits of exercise for older adults. In a recent study, those who reported doing little to…
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Despite $30 billion spent to improve it, health information technology rated a top patient safety issue
Just seven years after the federal government announced plans to invest in health information technology (HIT) for physicians and hospitals,…
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Coverage of legislative fight over hygienists spotlights work of regional health news service
Through public fights, complicated amendments and rumors of passage, Andy Miller of Georgia Health News followed the drama of House…
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Telemedicine: New ways to deliver care and how to report on it #AHCJ16
At Health Journalism 2016 on Friday, David Pittman, an ehealth reporter for Politico, had some good advice for reporters covering telemedicine:…