Winning Contest Entries
Explore a diverse array of entries that have participated in our contests over the years. These entries represent the incredible talent, creativity, and dedication of journalists and storytellers from various backgrounds and media platforms.
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- Beat Reporting
Ellenbogen Speaks on Head Injuries in Youth, NFL, Military
Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, co-chair of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee, spoke to a gathering at Brown graduation, many…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Martin Reflects on Approaches, Trends in Hospice/Palliative Care
A Q&A with the medical director of Home and Hospice Care of RI, spotlighting the difficulties physicians encounter in discussing…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (large)
Generations in the Workforce Series
H&HN’s “Generations in the Workplace” series focuses on the challenges of four generations of employees working side by side in…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
The No-Fall Zone
Patient safety is a critical issue inside the hospital’s four walls. A medical error or accident not only harms the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (small)
Venture philanthropy: A new driver for research
Nonprofit foundations for diseases such as Parkinson’s, cystic fibrosis, and multiple myeloma are funding for-profit companies to research treatments and…
- 2013
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
The KPC Killer
My story was one of the first in-depth looks at a Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) outbreak at NIH’s hospital in…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Brown Kenya Medical Exchange Program
The 2-part series chronicles the work of Rhode Island physicians, medical students, and individuals who created and/or volunteer in the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Putting a Stop to OA
More than 27 million Americans have osteoarthritis. This story explored a new way of thinking about osteoarthritis, not just as…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (small)
On a Mission
Bon Secours Hospital, a community hospital in West Baltimore, is spending millions to help revive one of the city’s poorest…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
A ‘Hole in the Community’: Infant Mortality in Kansas
Infant deaths in Kansas are above the national average. But what’s perhaps the most egregious is that the black infant…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (large)
Universal Access to Virtual Colonoscopy May Be on the Horizon
CT colonography (CTC) was approved by the FDA in 2009 as a method of screening for colorectal cancer, and studies…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Markian Hawryluk’s 2013 Body of Work
The four stories are part of my health beat reporting in 2013. The first was a deep dive into the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Could More Good Samaritan Laws Slow the Opioid Overdose “Epidemic”?
Fourteen states have Good Samaritan laws giving limited immunity to drug users who call 911 during an overdose, and one…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Anti-Vaccination Movement Causes a Deadly Year in the U.S.
From Taliban fighters to California soccer moms, those who choose not to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases are causing…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (large)
Affordable Care Act…of Horror?
A witch, Darth Vader, and the Blues Brothers walk into a bar….and that’s no joke. About 40 health insurance brokers…
- 2013
No Award
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