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AHCJ objects to CMS meeting privately with investors
Responding to a report that federal health officials met in private with Wall Street investors, AHCJ leadership sent a letter…
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Health Policy debuts as ‘Core Curriculum’ topic for health journalists
The Association of Health Care Journalists has rolled out the first of its new Core Curriculum topics – the implementation…
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2012 Health Performance Fellows named
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded three journalists AHCJ Media Fellowships on Health Performance. The program, in its…
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Investigation: Falsified charts in nursing homes linked to patient care
Marjie Lundstrom Sacramento Bee reporter Marjie Lundstrom recently wrote a two-part series on the falsification of patient records in nursing…
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Electronic medical records: Promised land or mirage?
Electronic medical record systems have been touted for years as the way to fix health care. Proponents say electronic prescribing…
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Business of Health Care: Tapping the holy grail of hospital data
How profitable is your local hospital? How much charity care does it provide? Do doctors there implant a disproportionate number…
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Group effort documents effects of cutting services to seniors
Services that mean a world of difference to needy seniors – everything from meals on wheels to specially equipped vans…
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AHCJ asks Supreme Court to permit broadcast of arguments in Health Policy case
The Association of Health Care Journalists has asked Chief Justice John G. Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit…
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Tips for print, online journalists to embrace broadcast opportunities
Bruce Japsen As our media world changes, journalists who have traditionally worked for print outlets are finding themselves with the…
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Journalism groups protest HRSA restrictions to Sebelius
The Association of Health Care Journalists and six other journalism organizations on Thursday formally protested the Obama administration’s new restrictions…