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Essential component of reform will require more staff, training
When we think about the growing demands Health Policy will place on community health centers (assuming that we are thinking…
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Brutally honest accounts of caregiving yield insights
We’re all going to hear a lot more about the trials and tribulations of caregiving in the years ahead, as…
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Share some Health Policy humor with your Tweetheart #healthpolicyvalentines
Who says Health Policy can’t make you laugh? In case you have been living in a Twitter-free cave somewhere in…
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Berwick shares thoughts on media coverage of health care, reform
Don Berwick has worked with reporters as part of his jobs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and, most recently,…
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Poet’s piece on bias against elderly people serves as reminder to reporters
Anyone writing about older people with any seriousness will eventually confront the phenomenon known as “ageism.” The great gerontologist Dr.…
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Study: Good press releases contribute to good health journalism
Thanks to Gary Schwitzer for drawing attention to a study, published in BMJ, which analyzes the impact medical journal press…
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Experts offer story ideas for covering Health Policy
More than 30 attendees heard local experts sketch the particular challenges and issues presented by the Affordable Care Act in…
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Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem
Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time,…
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Article looks at reform concepts put into practice
Here’s a recent story that touches on a whole lot of themes in Health Policy – without getting bogged down in…
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On balance: Lazar explains a little-discussed fundamental fact of aging
It’s not easy to write well about the nitty-gritty details of aging – the wear and tear on bones and joints,…