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Health journalism
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FDA steps up regulation of infusion pumps (#AHCJ2010)
Infusion pumps, a widely varied class of devices which typically mete out precise, time-delayed doses through IVs and related means,…
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NewsPro issue on AHCJ, health journalism (#ahcj2010)
NewsPro has once again turned the spotlight toward health journalism and AHCJ, just in time for Health Journalism 2010 in…
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Fink wins Dart award for Memorial story
AHCJ member Sheri Fink’s 13,000-word piece on the difficult choices made at Memorial Hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina…
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Schulte, Schwartz look for help investigating HIT
Regular readers know that we always keep an eye out for updates from Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz, the duo…
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Calif. nursing homes cut staff despite public money
CaliforniaWatch’s Christina Jewett and Agustin Armendariz put some serious time into an investigation of the results of a 2004 law…
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Reporter covers patient ‘dumping’ from inside
The Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Michael Vitez has been given free reign for several months now to explore and report on Abington…
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In reversal, Mich. agency releases H1N1 documents
Michigan’s Department of Community Health has reversed an earlier decision to withhold documents about how the state has spent money…
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Navratilova, GMA uncritically push screening
In February, Martina Navratilova was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, the most common form of breast cancer. She has…
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Quaid releases documentary about medical errors
Those of you who attended Health Journalism 2008 may remember actor Dennis Quaid’s appearance at the event, telling the harrowing…
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Cohn’s reform-minded blog comes to an end
The New Republic‘s Jonathan Cohn, an AHCJ member, announced Monday that he’s closing up shop at The Treatment, the “crusading”…