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Health journalism
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Reporters encounter hospital’s lack of transparency
Blythe Bernhard and Jeremy Kohler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigated a string of serious mistakes at a local hospital…
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FOI request for H1N1 documents still pending
Eleven months after she filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…
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Health Journalism 2011 set for Philadelphia
Put AHCJ’s annual conference on your calendar: April 14-17, 2011, in Philadelphia. The program will include dozens of panels, field…
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Reporter’s dumpster diving led to HIPAA deal
With a $1 million settlement, HHS and Rite Aid have closed the book on a HIPAA privacy case that began…
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Hearing on public access to research will be online
Representatives of a number of medical- and publishing-related organizations will testify today at a hearing on “Public access to federally…
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HIPAA’s role in transplant story, correction
The Village Voice says things are rather tense at the New York Post after it incorrectly reported on Monday that…
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Frugal Minnesota splurges on lower backs
For physicians and patients, treating lower back pain is an exercise in restraint and patience. According to federal guidelines, such…
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Journalist recounts the pressure of GSK clinical trial
In the wake of questions about GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia clinic trials, the Austin American-Statesman‘s Ana Cantú talks about her own experience…
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AHRQ releases ’09 state data on health care quality
The AHRQ has released the 2009 version of its state snapshots, which are particularly accessible versions of the National Healthcare…
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New project covers health care in Florida
A health journalism project has launched in Tampa, Fla., supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, reports the Tampa Tribune…