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patients
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Expert and author traces history of patient safety movement, suggests stories
Yes, there’s a lot going on these days. Impeachment. Potential war. The 2020 election. (Forget for a minute the cynic’s…
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Veteran journalist to lead patient safety topic area
Cheryl Clark, a journalist based in San Diego, will lead AHCJ’s newest core topic on patient safety. She will be…
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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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Tip sheet offers advice on finding real patient voices on Twitter, even on short deadlines
One of our older, incredibly helpful tip sheets at the Medical Studies Core Topic is Liz Szabo’s overview of how…
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Webcast to focus on the value of ‘value-based’ care
In a blog post last summer, we asked what appeared to be a simple question: Is value-based care a fad?…
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How the language we use to communicate about disease matters
Does language make a difference when we address serious health issues such as Alzheimer’s and other diseases? Absolutely, according to…
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Health data bazaar: Covering the legal trade in patient data
There’s a big focus these days on cybersecurity in health care, and rightly so, with the frequency and cost of…
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It’s not always easy to find the right case history to flesh out your reporting
Where would journalists be without good tips? It wasn’t long after the AHCJ website increased its focus on LGBT health…
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Journalists learn about efforts to improve diagnostic process
If you’ve read Dr. Lisa Sanders’ “Diagnosis” column in The New York Times Magazine, you know the process of identifying…
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Spotlight on sepsis: Reporting on ‘dirty little hospital horror’
As senior quality editor for HealthLeaders Media for more than six years, Cheryl Clark wrote more than 1,300 stories about…