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Four insurers reveal what they pay for 70 health care services
Health insurers are taking incremental steps to release information on what they pay to health care providers. Each month, they…
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Grant will allow comprehensive tracking of journal retractions
A $400,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation will be used to create a database of retractions from scientific journals, extending…
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New tools, resources for covering Health Policy
We post new resources on the Health Policy section of the website every month, and encourage you to visit and…
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Taylor’s top 10 tips for covering scientific meetings
How can journalists make the most of their time and energy when covering a scientific or professional conference? Mark Taylor…
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Interactive atlases can help coverage of Diabetes Awareness Month
Sometimes it’s difficult to get a handle on major health determinants in your community, and it’s even harder to make…
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When patients get lab test results, journalists may need these resources
Next month, all clinical laboratories must make patients’ laboratory test results available to patients who request them. Under rules three…
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Tools help reporters follow tax dollars that fund medical research
Why did the chicken cross the road? We’ve never known, but we may soon find out thanks to a United…
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Guide to data to aid in health care reporting
Every month we add to the resources and data sections of the Health Policy core topic area, with notes on…
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Ideas worth stealing from Health Journalism 2013 #ahcj13
Health Journalism 2013, Boston edition, is officially a wrap. I traveled home with tons of useful tricks and story ideas,…
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Freelancing: Keys to negotiating fair contracts
Being an independent journalist doesn’t mean you have to acquiesce to the dictates of sources – or of clients. The key…