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What reporters can do to work more effectively with PIOs
There are a lot of posts and stories out there focused on how public information officers (PIOs) can work more…
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Resources address oral health issues facing disabled, elderly and other special-needs patients
Malissa Savage, a community health worker who works with people in need of dental care, notes that variations in physical…
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Covering the annual ‘holiday check in’ on aging relatives
Family gatherings during the holidays are an ideal time for adult children to assess the wellbeing of aging parents and…
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2016 AHCJ Reporting Fellows on Health Care Performance named
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance to five journalists who intend…
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Award winner explains how she dug into the reasons for high U.S. drug prices
Roxanne Nelson No other country in the world pays as much for drugs as the United States — not even…
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Reporter’s piece targets impact of poverty on children, community
Brie Zeltner Brie Zeltner has been covering northeast Ohio’s health care industry for more than eight years at The (Cleveland,…
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High Court and new regulatory guidance presents opportunity to examine licensing boards
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners lacked the authority to regulate…
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How to help an older audience get the most value from your reporting
Most journalists do a great job of writing for their audience. However, sometimes it’s easy to forget that part of…
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Workshop on evidence-based medicine draws more reporters to D.C.
More than 100 journalists from across the United States came to the nation’s capital Oct. 29-30 to hone their evidence-based…
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Advice on communicating the problems with cancer overdiagnosis
The media has a role in helping to prevent overdiagnosis and excessive care in medicine. I write a popular blog…