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Investigation exposes police inaction in face of abuse allegations at Calif. facilities
In recent weeks, California Watch’s long-running focus on abuse of the developmentally disabled at state-run institutions has coalesced into a…
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Military’s spotty recordkeeping hurts veterans
At the Center for Investigative Reporting, Aaron Glantz dug deep into the widespread recordkeeping errors and lapses that are bedeviling…
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As Tenn. lags in youth sports concussion laws, reporter shows delay taking a toll
The Tennesean‘s Nate Rau becomes the leader in the clubhouse for 2012’s “most viscerally disquieting use of a verb” award…
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Hospital Compare helps reporter fact check claims
After the local county commission voted to close Birmingham’s Cooper Green Mercy Hospital and replace it with a hub-and-spoke system…
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Reporter finds disciplined doctors among Department of Corrections staff
A number of medical professionals working for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have “less-than-spotless pasts,” according to Oklahoman reporter Andrew…
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Financial documents help explain independent, not-for-profit hospital’s challenges
In the Tampa Bay Times, Letitia Stein writes about a local independent not-for-profit hospital that’s struggling financially and may be…
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Reporter tracks top prescribers’ ties to drugs they prescribe
A while back, Sen. Charles Grassley wrote to state health officials, asking for lists of top Medicaid prescribers of certain…
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‘Top Doctors’ rankings lack standards, oversight
It’s going to surprise exactly nobody that the organizations that help sell plaques to physicians might just be in it…
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Health standouts in your neighborhood
Every year, the National Association of County and City Health Officials honors local health departments for what they call “Exemplary…
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Community relies on foreign-educated doctors
Armed with reams of data, The Bakersfield Californian‘s Kellie Schmitt charged headlong into the potential minefield of issues surrounding foreign…