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Health data
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Health costs, journalism and transparency: One site opening door to price data
Here’s a resource for health care costs – and a creative journalistic model of crowdsourcing, data collection, mapping, reporting and…
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Clearing the air on a WHO study
Last week, I encountered yet another example of why it’s so important to always read the whole study — not…
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Using data to report on Health Policy
We posted some data tools from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Health Policy beat and AHCJ’s New York…
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Updated data available for covering nursing homes
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid issues a list of troubled nursing homes as part of its Special…
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Ore. reporter uses data to expose the risks of home births
While beauticians and tattoo artists are regulated in the state of Oregon, midwife certification is voluntary and, even then, the…
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New hospital data release allows year-to-year comparisons
With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services release of new data showing what hospitals across the country charge Medicare for…
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What reporters need to know about side effects and drug studies
Recently, Dr. Ben Goldacre (@bengoldacre), a prominent critic of drug studies, wanted to find out how often side effects reported by…
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Data shines a light on C-sections, maternal mortality
There was some good data analysis that turned personal for me last week, and I feel compelled to give a…
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Use site’s data on silver plans on state, D.C. exchanges
Want to know everything about premiums, networks, deductibles, cost-sharing and out-of-pocket limits for all 7,000-plus silver plans on exchanges in…
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Medicare payment data now available for individual states
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released payment data last month, health reporters paid attention. It allowed an unprecedented…