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The significant difference between value-based care and value-based payment
Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.…
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Leapfrog reports: Reporters can check ambulatory surgery center and hospital outpatient quality data; next year by facility
Joyce Frieden Many ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) are following the correct patient safety protocols, but…
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Veteran journalist to lead patient safety topic area
Cheryl Clark, a journalist based in San Diego, will lead AHCJ’s newest core topic on patient safety. She will be…
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Book examines how mosquitoes and their pathogens have shaped history
TimothyWinegard Infectious diseases have altered the course of history since the beginning of time. Until humans really understood how they…
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McGiffert talks about progress on patient safety, offers story ideas
Lisa McGiffert led Consumer Reports’ Safe Patient Project for 15 years, and after 27 years with the advocacy arm of…
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Seasonal flu resources updated for 2019-20 season
People tend to think of influenza as a nuisance winter illness that might keep one in bed for a few…
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Fellows chosen for 2019 National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
Ten journalists have been chosen for the 2019 class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowships. AHCJ will be presenting the…
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On AHCJ fellowship to Denmark, a Politico reporter finds parallels to U.S. implementation of EHRs
Arthur Allen Arthur Allen, a health care editor at Politico Pro, was one of four veteran journalists selected for the…
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What reporters need to know about water fluoridation efforts
For more than 70 years, communities across the United States have been supplementing naturally occurring fluoride in water supplies to…
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Understanding ‘effect size’ to explain results of a study
Journalists covering medical research need to quantify the results of a study, which means they rely on effect size —…