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Health data
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Data: Calif. for-profits order more C-sections
Writing for California Watch, Nathanael Johnson leads with the numbers on his story about for-profit hospitals and C-sections. Appropriately for…
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Delivery room fight shows structural problems in Italian health care
Over at BMJ’s Open blog, Fabio Turone explains the systemic issues behind the particularly sensational headline that, as he wrote,…
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Assessing acute care in America
The New York Times‘ Kevin Sack reports on a Health Affairs study that explores “acute medical care,” particularly initial visits…
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Ethics audits of health-related agencies available
Every year, the federal Office of Government Ethics audits ethics programs at a few federal agencies and departments. The targeted…
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How HHS can improve data infrastructure
Better data means better public health. That’s the message put forth in a new commentary piece in the Journal of…
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New guide focuses on covering medical studies
Reporters are inundated with lures to cover the latest medical study or scientific conference paper. And there are some significant…
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Indiana numbers show preventable errors down
The Indianapolis Star‘s Daniel Lee reports that, according to the state’s newly released 2009 numbers, preventable medical errors are down…
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Gays excluded from clinical trials
Thanks to an awards announcement from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, we just noticed Jen Colletta’s story in…
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Mass. won’t post hospitals’ death rates
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk reports that, two years after it was first proposed by a consumer group, the Massachusetts…
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AHCJ pushes for access to publicly funded research
The strong public interest in “direct, free and full text access to research articles” prompted the Association of Health Care…