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Health data
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Site picks top 10 health search engines
AltSearchEngines.com rated the top 10 health search engines of 2008, with a description of each and some sites in development…
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First chapters of latest sourcebook are online
Confused about covering health issues? The Alliance for Health Policy, a nonprofit that bills itself as nonpartisan health policy education…
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Sites strive to make medical information accessible
SearchMedica This is a search engine with a difference: It returns only clinical information from about 1,000 sources. SearchMedica’s “About”…
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AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 3 “would constitute a blow to the public’s right to…
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CDC working to uncover cause of autism
This is a guest post from Elizabeth Fernandez of the San Francisco Chronicle. Fernandez is among the first class of…
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Databases, search engine help with research
The Resource Shelf Web site has posted a list of some health and safety databases, plus a search tool that…
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Consider source when reporting hospital rankings
HealthGrades, a health care ratings company, has released a report (PDF) that says “Medicare patients treated at top-rated hospitals nationwide…
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AHCJ launches mentoring program
AHCJ, long known for its supportive network of members, has launched a more formal program to link members seeking some…
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Study: Hospital quality rankings inconsistent
A study published in the November/December 2008 issue of Health Affairs finds that five consumer-oriented Web sites that rank hospital…
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Workshop speaker to lead national group
Dennis Berens, director of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health, who helped kick off AHCJ’s first Rural Health Journalism Workshop…