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Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration today republished the public version of the National Practitioner Data Bank, after intense…
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String of errors made Stanford patient data public
In The New York Times, Kevin Sack traces the series of errors and lapses in judgement that led to a…
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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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Data analysis reveals wide variation in use of heart procedures
One town’s high rate of elective angioplasties has drawn the attention of the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting…
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Find health data at Childstats.gov, a clearinghouse for kid numbers
Time to add another link to your “federal data clearinghouses” folder, if you haven’t already. Childstats.gov, published by the Federal…
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Bill blocks funding of consumer safety database
The 2012 spending bill approved today by the House Financial Services and General Government appropriations subcommittee would prohibit the Consumer…
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Effort to make Medicare data public advances
The Dow Jones Company’s efforts to make Medicare data public took a step forward yesterday with a U.S. magistrate recommending…
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Spreadsheet lists malpractice claims against VA
In its “FOIA Friday” feature, the Project On Government Oversight reveals a spreadsheet (XLS format) of claims against the Department…
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Scenes from day one of the conference
The first day of Health Journalism 2011 included workshops on mapping and charting health data, criteria to help reporters accurately…
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AHCJ joins objections to proposed cuts to federal transparency websites
All eyes are on the federal budget negotiations today, with most attention focused on whether or not an impasse will…