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Health policy
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Lack of performance info difficult for patients, docs
Harlan Krumholz, M.D., writes in The Washington Post that, while better quantitative monitoring would greatly improve the experiences of both…
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Two communities, two tales of health care costs
In The New Yorker, Atul Gawande, M.D., looks at how the United States can contain the rising cost of health…
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Swine flu vaccine might be ready this fall
If all goes well, a vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus could be available for widespread use by October. The…
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Oransky to take helm at Reuters Health
AHCJ board member Ivan Oransky, M.D., has been named executive editor of Reuters Health. He assumes RH’s top editorial job…
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Hastings Center debuts ‘Health Care Cost Monitor’
The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics think tank, has launched the ‘Health Care Cost Monitor,’ a blog aimed at covering…
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States use videoconferencing for prison health care
John Gramlich of the state policy-focused nonprofit news organization Stateline.org reports that more states are using videoconferencing for inmate health…
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Have reporters written off single-payer system?
American Journal of Nursing‘s Jacob Molyneux writes about the nurses who were arrested while protesting a lack of representation for…
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H1N1 fears put graduation tradition on hold
Oklahoma State University has joined a growing list of institutions where administrators will not be shaking graduates’ hands during commencement…
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Students look at rural health care in north Ga.
Students at the University of Georgia spent the past few months assembling a 19-story package on health in six rural…
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Style guide encourages accurate coverage of aging
The International Longevity Center – USA and Aging Services of California have teamed up to create “Media Takes: On Aging”…