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Health policy
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How does the budget deal affect the Affordable Care Act?
So how does this mammoth budget-cutting deal, with its congressional “supercommittee” affect Health Policy? Good question, because lots of people…
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Fla. hospitals make little progress on error reduction
South Florida Sun Sentinel reporters Sally Kestin and Bob LaMendola report that, despite the myriad initiatives and protocols launched in…
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Reporters can explore states’ options for creating exchanges
Give me an f… … for Flexibility, that is. Flexibility is the buzzword these days, as federal health officials coax…
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Report explains doctors’ reluctance to adopt EMRs
Writing for the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, Susan Jaffe spent time in the trenches to better understand how…
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AHCJ gets contact list of senior HHS media officials
AHCJ now has an up-to-date list of the senior media officials at each division of the U.S. Department of Health…
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HHS unveils ‘National Prevention Strategy’
Today, in a live webinar and a companion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Department of Health…
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FCC report on journalism reveals failures, unique potential of the health beat
An FCC working group led by Steven Waldman (formerly of U.S. News & World Report and Beliefnet.com, among other things)…
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Reporter FOIA’s database further exposing the toll war takes on returning vets
Writing for the Bay Citizen and The New York Times, Aaron Glantz brings a new, data-based take on the mental…
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House calls on the rise as their economic benefits become clear
In The Miami Herald, Ana Veciana-Suarez looks into why doctor house calls are on the rise, especially among the Medicare…
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Critically evaluate, report on cell phone/cancer link
Courtesy of the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s press release and the storm of advance coverage it has spawned,…