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Health data
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Hackers hold Va. prescription database hostage
Some very nasty folks disabled a Virginia state Web site containing confidential prescription information, reportedly deleting more than 8 million…
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Biden gives bum travel advice on H1N1
Vice President Joe Biden showed the world Thursday why he’s not the administration’s regular point man on health. Appearing on…
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Blog outlines differences in two health databases
The Emerging Technologies Librarian blog takes a moment to explain why the government maintains both the MedlinePlus and Healthfinder databases,…
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Sebelius confirmed as HHS leader
The Senate approved Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services today. Some…
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Canadian hospitals won’t reveal quality measures
Michael Millenson of The Health Care Blog writes that, for a report card comparing Ontario hospitals, most hospitals simply refused…
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Sunshine Week: Some hospital quality measures online
Felice Freyer, a medical writer at The Providence (R.I.) Journal and a member of AHCJ’s Right to Know Committee, writes…
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Federal document provides info, ideas in 20 areas
AHCJ member Eileen Beal suggests that people doing social service writing might be interested in the federal government’s Catalog of…
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Health a factor in report card on homeless kids
The National Center on Family Homelessness has released a report card on child homelessness, with an estimate that more than…
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N.J. law would publicize detailed hospital error info
In an Associated Press story, Eli Segall looked at proposed legislation in New Jersey that would require hospitals to publish…
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State agency fines polluters but economy takes toll
Tony Bartelme of the Charleston Post and Courier obtained and analyzed records of 17 years of fines handed out to…