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Hospital infections kill more people than car crashes. Here’s how to cover them better
About 75,000 people a year die from nosocomial infections – infections they contracted while in the hospital. This seems like…
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Covering how your community prevents falls, promotes safety for older adults
Liz Seegert Every 15 seconds, an older adult falls. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, falls are the…
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Research examines impact of soda taxes on oral health
Image: Rex Sorgatz via flickr. Is there a soda tax debate coming to your community? The potential for such taxes address problems…
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Covering free dental clinics
Recently Julie Drizin, who directs the Journalism Center on Children & Families (JCCF), gathered a team of student reporters to…
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Five journalists named 2015 Reporting Fellows on Health Care Performance
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded five journalists AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance…
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Director of journalism center reflects on students’ coverage of dental clinic
The Journalism Center on Children & Families (JCCF), formerly the Casey Journalism Center, is scheduled to close at the end…
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Miami journalist reports on the challenges in getting price transparency data in South Florida
Price transparency is supposed to be one of the keys to controlling the cost of health care. But as journalist…
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Covering the potential effects of hospital consolidation in Yakima, Wash.
Molly Rosbach When my editor and I first discussed the idea of a hospital consolidation project, I felt my eyes…
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Frailty: What you need to know
Liz Seegert The term “frailty” seems to be practically synonymous with aging. And while it’s true that adults naturally have…
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Calif. reporter finds dearth of public records on assisted living homes
Deborah Schoch I knew next to nothing about the fast-growing assisted-living industry when I started reporting in early 2013 on…