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Government
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New EHR error-reporting system to keep data confidential
EHRevent.org, a service that will allow health workers to report and track errors associated with electronic health records, has launched…
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NPR explores the right to at-home care for disabled patients
When it comes to summarizing the NPR news investigation “Home or Nursing Home,” you really can’t do much better than…
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Story on soldiers’ aches and pains wins member a Mid-America Emmy
A story inspired by a session at Health Journalism 2009 earned member Meryl Lin McKean the 2010 Emmy for Health/Science…
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Dialysis program: Experiment in socialized medicine comes with high costs, risks
ProPublica’s Robin Fields has put together an artful examination of the nation’s Medicare-funded dialysis system. Part history and part investigation,…
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Video, presentations from comparative effectiveness conference available online
Earlier this month, ECRI’s 17th annual conference tackled the thorniest detail of comparative effectiveness research, namely that it’s rarely a…
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13 years of warnings, FDA inaction behind seizure
U.S. marshals seized a number of drug products from a small New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer called Tri-Med laboratories earlier this…
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GAO evaluates FDA’s overseas inspectors
A couple of new GAO reports are seeking to shed some light on the FDA’s overseas regulatory efforts. The first…
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Conflicts abound for private food inspectors
The Washington Post‘s Lena H. Sun has gathered, in one story, a laundry list of all the shortcomings, loopholes and…
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WSJ explains why Medicare data is hidden
In The Wall Street Journal, reporters Mark Schoofs and Maurice Tamman have pulled off an impressive feat, weaving a tale…
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Drugs send more of the 45-plus crowd to hospitals
At a time when overall prescription drug use is climbing across the board, the AHRQ reports that the number of…