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Health journalism
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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…
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Story on soldiers’ aches and pains wins member a Mid-America Emmy
A story inspired by a session at Health Journalism 2009 earned member Meryl Lin McKean the 2010 Emmy for Health/Science…
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Professor: Research, training can improve South African health journalism
In discussing a large grant his university has received and the center for health journalism that it will fund, South…
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Dialysis program: Experiment in socialized medicine comes with high costs, risks
ProPublica’s Robin Fields has put together an artful examination of the nation’s Medicare-funded dialysis system. Part history and part investigation,…
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Understanding risk, and why 83% is really 10.5%
Physician and blogger Alex Lickerman used a discussion he had regarding hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer as an opportunity…
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CURE magazine earns Trailblazer Award
CURE magazine, a free, patient-oriented health publication which employs four AHCJ members, was named “Best Consumer Healthcare Publication” by PM360…