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Health data
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U. Iowa hospitals share patient data with fundraising organization
The Des Moines Register‘s Clark Kauffman opens his investigative report with a simple observation: “University of Iowa Hospitals is giving…
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As consumers see more hospital ‘report cards,’ reporters can explain their limitations
At Health Journalism 2012, Harvard’s Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., told attendees to watch for new hospital report cards from…
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Meth and other drugs overwhelm reservations
New America Media’s Jacob Simas and Two Rivers Tribune‘s Allie Hostler joined forces to examine how the nation’s rural methamphetamine…
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Campaign wants some immunity for docs who apologize
According to my mother, it sometimes isn’t enough to just say you’re sorry. In The Kansas City Star, Alan Bavley…
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Investigative reports lead to Senate investigation into painkiller promotion
Following up on reporting efforts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today and ProPublica, a Senate committee has launched investigation into…
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…
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Comprehensive series on N.C. hospitals includes national context, effects of reform
The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer and The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer just combined forces to do a terrific five-part series…
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Disclosure of hospital infections still in its infancy
On Forbes.com, Gergana Koleva evaluated the woeful state of national hospital-associated infection reporting, with the help of recently published research.…
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Tulsa World investigates billing, compensation at ambulance utility
The Tulsa World‘s Ziva Branstetter has, for months now, been doggedly investigating the billing practices of the Emergency Medical Services…
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AP puts numbers on the prescription drug epidemic
The Associated Press’ Chris Hawley has worked through the latest numbers on the prescription painkiller boom, helping to illustrate the…