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N.Y. reporter finds local doctors in ProPublica database
Writing for Gannett’s Binghamton, N.Y., Press & Sun-Bulletin, Julia Hunter localized ProPublica’s investigation of pharmaceutical companies and disciplined doctors by starting…
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Barlett & Steele uncover chaos, peril of global drug industry
In Vanity Fair, Donald Barlett and James Steele have devoted more than 6,000 words to chronicling the gaping holes in…
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Age cited as reason for ‘purge’ in FDA press office
Jim Dickinson of Dickinson’s FDA WebView (paid subscription) writes that some recently ousted FDA public affairs officers claim their terminations…
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Boomers line up for Medicare Part D plans
In a Morning Edition piece, NPR’s Kelley Weiss manages to hit all the highlights of this year’s Medicare Part D…
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Agent Orange’s oft-overlooked American victims
We’ve mentioned reports on the health effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam and upon returning American soldiers. But there is…
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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…