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Hospitals
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New state report card shows palliative care services uneven across the U.S.
Access to palliative care across the U.S. varies widely. It often depends more upon accidents of geography, whether a hospital…
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ProPublica wants to give you tips on hospital billing practices
Health journalists across the country have been reading ProPublica’s accounts of the lengths to which hospitals pursue low-income patients for…
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BCBS of Massachusetts will pay to keep patients out of the hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced this week that it is taking the radical step of paying to keep…
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Tips for telling the stories of rural hospital closures
Bram Sable-Smith, who spent a year doing in-depth reporting on an endangered rural hospital in Pemiscot County, Mo., as part…
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Surprising conclusions in a study of racial, socioeconomic disparities in U.S. hospitals
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcomes among hospitalized patients? Don’t blame the hospitals, say the authors of this JAMA Network…
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New hospital inspection reports released: Database has more than 30,000 records
For more than five years, the Association of Health Care Journalists has been updating quarterly the website HospitalInspections.org, where the…
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Report shows how hospital rating reports can meet patients’ needs more effectively
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Hospital Compare website to let consumers evaluate hospital performance based…
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Mississippi journalist’s reporting leads medical center to change billing practices
In April, Anna Wolfe, who covers health care for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, started reporting on what appeared to be…
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When patient ridesharing comes to your local hospital
If you are like me, you’ve noticed a steady increase this year of press releases announcing deals between ridesharing companies…
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Hospital inspection records added to searchable site
Hospital inspection records from this year have been added to the searchable HospitalInspections.org website. The site, created and run by…