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Health journalism
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Dallas reporters use AHRQ data to measure patient safety
The Dallas Morning News continues its 19-month investigation into patient safety at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital.…
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Medicare providers get reinstated when feds fail to attend hearings
Using data obtained through a public records request, Associated Press reporter Kelli Kennedy (@kkennedyap) reviewed federal Medicare fraud reports from…
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Journalists, researchers renew call for access to data during public call
Officials at the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration held a conference call on Thursday to seek input from the…
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Guidelines for journalists, public health officials strive to avoid Contagion-like situation
In an effort to prevent some of the fictional events of the movie “Contagion” from happening, health officials and AHCJ…
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More health journalists join AHCJ’s ranks
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members and, if you haven’t already, consider following them on Twitter. All new AHCJ members are…
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Academic community joins call to restore National Practitioner Data Bank file
Twenty-three academics and researchers have added their voice to the growing condemnation of the Obama administration’s decision to remove the…
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‘On The Media’ covers NPDB controversy
This week’s “On The Media” show features AHCJ President Charles Ornstein discussing the public use file of the National Practitioner…
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Grassley criticizes federal agency over removal of doctor discipline data
Grassley’s letter to HRSA Administrator Wakefield See an interactive timeline of the National Practitioner Data Bank controversy. Oct. 2: Former…
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Promotion, new job and a fellowship for AHCJ members
Marilynn Marchione has been named chief medical writer for The Associated Press. In a press release, the AP says “She…
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Behind Oklahoma’s nation-leading access-to-care problems
In February, the New England Journal of Medicine ranked Oklahoma as the worst when it came to access to medical…