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Health data
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Journalists call on USDA to release food stamp information
The Association of Health Care Journalists, along with six other journalism and open-government groups, has called on the U.S. Department…
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Cancer registries can provide story ideas, context #ahcj13
You don’t need a background in epidemiology to get great information and story ideas from state and national cancer registries.…
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Big data is coming to a study near you
As social networks and search engines catalog our every click and keystroke, they generate billions or even trillions of data…
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Getting past conventional wisdom in the prescription drug epidemic #ahcj13
Drug-induced fatalities are one of the only preventable causes of death that’s rising, rather than decreasing. That’s because deaths from…
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Experts disagree on value of electronic health records #ahcj13
Electronic health records are a tool, the bottom floor on creating standards to move from mere billing and data collection…
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How to cover nursing homes with more depth and data #ahcj13
It was worth the wait to attend one of the last sessions on the last day of Health Journalism 2013.…
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AHCJ unveils searchable database of hospital inspections
The Association of Health Care Journalists today launched hospitalinspections.org, a free, searchable news application that compiles thousands of federal inspection…
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Using data to track doctors’ referrals, relationships #ahcj13
Going online is usually a great way to waste time or — for adventurous social media users — get in…
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Panel will discuss newly released 990 data on hospitals #ahcj13
AHCJ has just released a new trove of information from GuideStar on the finances of nonprofit U.S. hospitals. This information –…
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Using DocumentCloud to shine a light on sources #ahcj13
“Turn documents into data,” is the tagline for DocumentCloud, a free Web tool for journalists who want to search, analyze,…