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Health data
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AHRQ interviews Ornstein, talks medical errors
Robert Wachter, M.D., (bio), editor of AHRQ WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality), interviewed AHCJ President Charles Ornstein, of ProPublica, for a…
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Rural health costs: Lower, but just as uneven
Writing on the rural news site Daily Yonder, Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery take a look at the Dartmouth Atlas,…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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Media guide focuses on drug abuse, addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released a 27-page media guide condensing up-to-date facts, figures and research on drug…
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HuffPo: EMR cost estimates involve ‘fuzzy math’
Fred Schulte, writing for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, worked to understand the math needed to attach a $19 billion…
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WSJ looks at effects of Penn. outcomes database
The Wall Street Journal‘s Thomas Burton has taken a look at the effects of one state’s commitment to publishing hospital…
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How hysterectomies spurred Dartmouth Atlas’ birth
In the first of a three-part series on health care costs in America, NPR’s Alix Spiegel tells the story of…
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U. of Wisconsin conflict of interest policy gutted
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s John Fauber reports that the University of Wisconsin’s proposed conflict-of-interest rules have been heavily watered down with…
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NIH updates stimulus grant info, releases database
We’ve been waiting for this one. The National Institutes of Health have followed through on their promise to release a…
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Reinhardt breaks down income statements
Princeton economist – and Health Journalism 2009 keynote speaker – Uwe Reinhardt’s latest post on The New York Times’ Economix…