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Popular regional health fellowship program wins support from W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has awarded a three-year $432,000 grant to the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism,…
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Tips for covering poverty and geography
New studies are backing up a basic assumption about wealth and health and in the United States: It matters where…
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Investigating cutbacks in Ontario’s home care system
The Globe and Mail’s award-winning home care investigation began after Kelly Grant read local newspaper stories about home-care clients in…
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Skepticism is one key to reporting on pharmacogenetic tests
The area of pharmacogenetics, or how genes affect a person’s response to drugs, is a fast-growing commercial segment of genetics.…
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Uncovering health debt collection tactics
Two and a half years ago, Paul Kiel set a broad goal to provide the first comprehensive view of debt collectors’…
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Online reporter discusses her coverage of challenges at California’s Medicaid dental program
Ana Ibarra Denti-Cal, California’s Medicaid dental program faces ongoing challenges in getting care to its roughly 13 million beneficiaries. Only…
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In nursing home investigations, a small tip can lead to an iceberg of problems
Serious problems at nursing homes are often easy to conceal. That is, unless you specifically dig for patterns of fraud,…
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What you need to know about health information exchange
Health information exchange is the action of sharing relevant health information electronically among trusted clinical partners regardless of physical location.…
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AHCJ, National Cancer Institute to partner on National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
The Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Cancer Institute announced they will collaborate this year to present the…
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How USA Today took a deep data dive into the lead-contaminated water story
Nearly everyone now knows how lead contamination in Flint, Michigan’s public water system has jeopardized the health of residents. But…