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Health journalism
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Reporter uncovers $86 million from insurers to fight reform
The flow of money into politics in general, and Health Policy in particular, has been thoroughly opaque this election season,…
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Ghostwritten textbook just ‘tip of the iceberg’
The New York Times‘ Duff Wilson has uncovered what he calls the first ghostwritten book. Published in 1999 under the…
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Lieberman, Ornstein on health as a top 5 beat
Earlier this month, Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles stirred things up with his lively post on the five most important…
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CEO uses cookie to avoid speaking to reporters
This week’s equivalent of “Don’t touch my junk” just might be “I’m eating my cookie.” That was the response given…
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Multimedia piece explores Philly’s medical history
“Now, why Philly?” That’s how the first stop begins on the interactive map for Marketplace’s “Philadelphia: The Birthplace of Healthcare”…
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Officials, journalists agree information key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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New EHR error-reporting system to keep data confidential
EHRevent.org, a service that will allow health workers to report and track errors associated with electronic health records, has launched…
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Report on juvenile mental health courts earns award
AHCJ member Laurie Udesky’s writing was part of the winning entry in the weekly newspaper category of the Price Child…
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Dementia patients overwhelm Scottish system
The (Edinburgh) Scotsman‘s Adam Morris won the Guild of Health Writers’ “Best Regional Health Feature” award for his investigation into…
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State-by-state data, the plug-n-play version
We write about state-by-state federal health statistics a lot here, but acknowledge that they can sometimes require basic spreadsheet and…