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Health data
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Using public data to help patients understand hospital prices
At HJ25, panelists highlighted the role that hospital prices play in rising health care costs and how reporters can use…
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AHCJ’s Hospital Inspections site is back online with updates
The site contains an easily searchable database of hospital inspection reports showing violations from January 2011 to the present.
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New study highlights privacy questions in teenagers’ electronic health records
Adolescent online patient portals can be set up confidentially so information about pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health, and…
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Finding data that can bolster your pandemic reporting
Ever since John Snow pieced together how cholera spread from a water pump in London in 1854, data has been…
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Inspection data could prompt stories about COVID-19 problems in hospitals
AHCJ has updated its public HospitalInspections.org website to give people a better glimpse of potential COVID-19 problems at some hospitals…
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Call for applications opens for AHCJ-National Cancer Reporting Fellowship
A group of journalists will spend three partial days online with experts from the National Institutes of Health in January…
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Employers and insurers paid hospitals 247% more than Medicare rates, new study shows
Research released today shows that from 2016 through 2018, self-insured employers and commercial health insurers in 49 states and the…
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The challenge of finding data on COVID-19 testing and school openings
There is no federal standardized dataset on COVID-19, testing and school reopenings, making it challenging for journalists to report a…
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Keep an eye out for lead-time bias with COVID-19 deaths
Lead time bias is a well-recognized challenge especially when it comes to studies and statistics looking at cancer screenings. As…
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Journalist digs through data sources to show how deal changed Montana’s insurance market
Covering health insurance in a less-populated state can be a significant challenge for journalists because most often, there’s not enough…