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Health data
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What quality measures can tell us about nursing home ratings
Nursing home star ratings are misleading and disingenuous, according to a recent analysis comparing ratings with quality measures alone. More…
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Reports emphasize the dangers of racial disparities in oral health
Hispanic medical and dental leaders at a recent joint meeting in Washington, D.C., highlighted the urgency of getting more culturally…
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For AHCJ members: Comparison tool for hospital Medicare charges
AHCJ just updated its version of Medicare inpatient charge data covering hospitals across the United States. The Centers for Medicare…
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What journalists should know about hospital ratings
Journalists should take hospital ratings with a healthy dose of skepticism, according to experts at a recent AHCJ New York…
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Firearm data resources for reporting on the Orlando mass shooting
In light of the mass shooting in Orlando, many journalists covering the event will need access to statistics on firearms,…
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Review of EPA data leads USA Today to towns with contaminated water
Yes, database websites can seem clunky, and government data can seem hopelessly riddled with errors. But searching, downloading and analyzing…
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Turn to new tip sheet before writing about drug prices
Drug prices have become a hot topic – and a significant source of the ongoing challenges to achieving affordable premiums…
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AHCJ update: Hospital mortality and readmission data now available
AHCJ just updated and simplified its version of the hospital mortality and readmission data available exclusively to members. Going back…
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AHCJ update: Three years of Medicare provider payment data for your state
In 2014, Medicare paid more than $78 billion to surgeons, ambulance services, podiatrists, hospice services, eye doctors, family physicians, speech,…
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Flaws, limits and conflicts: Tips to find study pitfalls #AHCJ16
At Health Journalism 2016 in Cleveland, Andrew M. Seaman and Hilda Bastian discussed shortcuts for weighing the likelihood a study’s…