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Former Practitioner Data Banks official says HRSA ”˜erroneously interpreting the law’
A former federal official criticized a decision by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration for removing the Public Use…
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Reporting on why some patients are stuck in hospitals
Yanick Rice Lamb Patients typically complain about being released from the hospital sooner than they would like. So Yanick Rice…
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Journalists turn to Sebelius for access to National Practitioner Data Bank file
HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius The Association of Health Care Journalists and five other journalism groups appealed to Health and Human…
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Public reporting of patient harm is a potent force
Marshall Allen The Las Vegas Sun series “Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas” identified cases of preventable harm…
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Agency declines to restore public data
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration resisted demands by three major journalism organizations for the immediate restoration of a…
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More journalism groups join effort to restore access to National Practitioner Data Bank
Three additional journalism organizations have joined the campaign calling for the Obama administration to restore access to a public version…
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AHCJ, other journalism organizations protest removal of data from public website
The Association of Health Care Journalists, joined by the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors, sent a…
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Hiding in plain sight: California hospital data
California journalists are lucky to have the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Despite its bureaucratic and jargony name,…
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Focus on freelancing: Tips for buying liability insurance
Some publishers and media outlets don't provide liability coverage for freelance writers' articles, and freelancers may blog or publish their…
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Covering Europe: Media must understand, explain privatization of health services
Esther Paniagua One of the points that stood out for me at the first European conference on health journalism was…