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Health journalism
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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…
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Officials were a no-show for panel on government transparency, science news
Six journalists and an empty chair gathered at the National Press Club yesterday for a discussion about whether the Obama…
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Former Practitioner Data Banks official says HRSA ‘erroneously interpreting the law’
A former federal official criticized a decision by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration for removing the Public Use…
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Why are some patients stuck in hospitals for weeks, months?
Patients typically complain about being released from the hospital sooner than they would like. So Yanick Rice Lamb, associate publisher…
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Panel of science, health journalists will discuss government transparency in webcast panel
A panel at the National Press Club this afternoon, which will be webcast, will look at government transparency when it…
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AHCJ stresses priorities in reviewing government media policies
The newly drafted media policy of the Department of Health and Human Services has generated some discussion concerning one aspect…
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Investigation finds chart falsification endemic in Calif. nursing homes
In a two-part series (one | two) in The Sacramento Bee, Marjie Lundstrom reveals the results into the widespread falsification…
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Journalists turn to Sebelius for access to National Practitioner Data Bank file
The Association of Health Care Journalists and five other journalism groups appealed to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…