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Health journalism
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AHCJ, HHS officials address appeal process for inadequate responses by PIOs
Reporters facing unreasonable delays or inadequate responses from media officials at an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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New AHCJ chapter features discussion of costs, financial transparency
Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D., spoke at the first event held by the Southern California chapter of the Association of Health…
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Atlanta chapter learns the latest about e-cigarettes
A $2 billion market, sultry Jenny McCarthy ads, lounges dedicated to “vaping.” Members of the Atlanta AHCJ chapter heard about…
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Awards, new books and more for AHCJ members
The latest AHCJ members in the news are Julie Rovner, Cynthia Saver, Gary Schwitzer, Mary Shedden, Ed Silverman, Fran Smith,…
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New jobs, awards, books and speaking engagements for AHCJ members
The latest AHCJ members in the news are Ricki Lewis, Trudy Lieberman, Kevin B. O’Reilly, David Pittman, Cheryl Platzman Weinstock…
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Health care industry reacting to overtesting, overtreatment
The American health care system wastes an estimated $750 billion a year, according to the Institute of Medicine. At a…
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Think about the words you use when covering suicide #ahcj14
Reporters need to think carefully about the language they use when reporting on suicide, a panel of experts urged during…
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Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data
AHCJ hosted a webcast about the CMS data, featuring several CMS officials and Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter at ProPublica and…
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Using data from exchanges, journalists report on the true cost of health insurance
When the federal and state exchanges opened for business on Oct. 1, 2013, health care journalists found a trove of…
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For freelancers, ‘Contracts 101’ was important session at #ahcj14
Almost every freelancer has a horror story or two about contract negotiations gone awry. To help freelancers avoid the most…