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Right to know
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Hospital inspection reports one key to writing about quality of care #ahcj13
By Kelsey Ryan For journalists wanting to learn more about how to track hospital quality through inspection reports, Charles Ornstein, a…
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Journalists call on USDA to release food stamp information
The Association of Health Care Journalists, along with six other journalism and open-government groups, has called on the U.S. Department…
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How to cover nursing homes with more depth and data #ahcj13
It was worth the wait to attend one of the last sessions on the last day of Health Journalism 2013.…
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Online hospital inspection reports open door to power reporting #ahcj13
Any reporter who has sought public records from the feds knows the practical nightmare that is the Freedom of Information…
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Using DocumentCloud to shine a light on sources #ahcj13
“Turn documents into data,” is the tagline for DocumentCloud, a free Web tool for journalists who want to search, analyze,…
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Roundtable gives journalists chance to share tips on open access #ahcj13
Do your sources ask for email interviews or quote approval? Are press relations officers listening in on your interviews? The…
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AHCJ member speaks to attorneys about information in public health crises
This is a guest post from AHCJ member Rose Hoban, R.N., M.P.H. Related Guidance on the release of information concerning…
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Forum on Medicaid expansion, previously closed to press, now open
For the past few days, AHCJ has been working with the Obama administration to resolve questions about whether reporters can…
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Reporters can use hospital readmission data to explore key issues
Jordan Rau The Affordable Care Act honed in on hospital readmissions because many health policy experts believe they’re symptomatic of…
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AHCJ protests FDA surveillance of communication between reporters, scientists
Following a New York Times report over the weekend that revealed the federal government secretly tracked communication sent by FDA…