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International cooperative to share health data
Writing that “the importance of data sharing in advancing health is becoming increasingly widely recognised,” 17 major public health players…
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Nonprofit hospitals pay country club dues for execs
In what would seem a logical follow up to last year’s piece on hospital salaries, KUOW’s John Ryan has used…
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ProPublica finds academic physicians violating schools’ conflict rules
While journalists have been finding innovative ways to use ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database, the database’s founders, Tracy Weber and…
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WSJ details conflicts that drive spine fusion surgery
The Wall Street Journal‘s John Carreyou and Tom McGinty have taken advantage of their paper’s Medicare data stockpile to look…
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After 8 years, Quebec’s adverse event reporting law remains unenforceable
The Montreal Gazette‘s Charlie Fidelman has assembled a round-up of what has, and hasn’t, happened in the eight years since…
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N.J. taxpayers pay tab on illegal steroids
Without further ado, here are links to the three parts of the enormous (both in length and import) “Strong at…
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N.Y. reporter finds local doctors in ProPublica database
Writing for Gannett’s Binghamton, N.Y., Press & Sun-Bulletin, Julia Hunter localized ProPublica’s investigation of pharmaceutical companies and disciplined doctors by starting…
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Hospitals to start reporting infection data Jan. 1
Hospitals are set to begin reporting information about hospital-acquired bloodstream infections to the federal government on Jan. 1, with the…
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Wash. health data now includes infection rates
Washington state has solidified its position as a leader in health data transparency with the publication this year of hospital…
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Officials, journalists agree information key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…