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Google charts health data from CDC, World Bank
Google has removed another step between people and information with the release of its new Public Data Explorer. It’s a…
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Schneider: FDA lacks resources to keep food safe
Writing for AOL News (and his blog, Cold Truth) Andrew Schneider writes that the hydrolyzed vegetable protein recall reminds us…
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Patient data errors force VA to close EMR system
Nextgov’s Bob Brewin reports that errors in patient data have forced the Department of Veterans Affairs to close access to…
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Kidney swap connects six in small Mo. town
Joy Robertson of KOLR-Springfield, Mo., tells the story of the coincidences and generosity that led to six residents of Licking,…
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Nurses face dangers of workplace violence
Marlene A. Prost, writing for Human Resource Executive Online, reports that workplace violence is a growing problem for nurses. She…
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Mental health parity law implementation evolves
Writing for Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post, Sandra Boodman considers the effect that the American mental health parity…
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High cost of foodborne illness broken down by state
The Make Our Food Safe coalition’s latest study provides a state-by-state breakdown of the cost of foodborne illness, both in…
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Are insurers to blame for rising costs?
The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Carolyn Lochhead and Victoria Colliver use the recent furor over insurer Anthem’s rate hikes to explore…
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Palliative care piece launches embedded dispatches
Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Michael Vitez has been embedded with Abington Memorial Hospital in suburban Montgomery County, Pa. Karl Stark,…
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FDA to regulate health information technology?
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund duo who have made it their business to stay in…