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Quality of life, mental health among issues facing senior health care #ahcj13
Sharon A. Levine, M.D., from the Boston Medical Center Geriatrics Section and a professor of medicine at Boston University, warned…
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Go beyond aging study data to ask ‘why?’
Outside, there is still a chill in the air and I have recent memories of several inches of snow on…
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Big data is coming to a study near you
As social networks and search engines catalog our every click and keystroke, they generate billions or even trillions of data…
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Experts disagree on value of electronic health records #ahcj13
Electronic health records are a tool, the bottom floor on creating standards to move from mere billing and data collection…
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AHCJ names Seegert new topic leader on aging issues
The Association of Health Care Journalists has hired reporting professional Liz Seegert as the new topic champion for its core…
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Quick lessons for covering state implementation of the health care law
At Health Journalism 2013, I led a panel about state implementation of the health law (Angie Drobnic Holan of the…
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Facing growing health care costs, Mass. tries containment #ahcj13
Massachusetts is famously ahead of other states when it comes to health insurance coverage. Ninety-eight percent of Bay State residents…
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Researchers focus on earlier treatment for Alzheimer’s #ahcj13
Significant progress is being made in the fight against the “silver tsunami,” said Scott Turner, M.D., Ph.D., director of the…
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Timeline shows upcoming developments in exchanges
As many of you know, Gary Cohen, the head of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (the HHS…
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Consolidation, collections and coding: Covering the business side of hospitals #ahcj13
The “Rich Hospital, Poor Hospital” panel at Health Journalism 2013 broke down the hospital industry into a discussion about the…