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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- Investigative (small)
Hunter Health Clinic Faces Financial Difficulties, Layoffs
Hunter Health Clinic, one of three federally qualified health centers in Wichita, had a highly paid CEO and is facing…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Kids Gain Weight During the Summer Months
A study published in the July issue of Journal for School Health debunks the theory that schools are failing to…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
An ER Designed for Psych Patients
ideastream’s Anne Glausser visited a facility equipped to intervene quickly for those suffering psychiatric trauma – the psych ER.
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (large)
Spinouts Blossom In Shadow Of Northeast Ohio’s Healthcare Giants
The word spinout has long been associated with road hazards – you spin out in a snowstorm, or if you…
- 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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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Express Scripts Drops Coverage of Some High-Cost Drugs
Mail-order pharmacies and hospitals attempt to rein in sky-high drug costs.
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
Maternity’s Thin Line
Women giving birth in Ghana have a risk of dying 22 times that of a woman in a developed country.…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Feds Beginning to Regulate Fecal Transplantation
Fecal microbiota transplants aren’t new – they’ve been recorded in medical texts as early as the 4th Ming Dynasty. But…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Typhoon Haiyan
Over the course of eight days last November, Dr. Nancy Snyderman and her team covered the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (large)
The HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule: Implications for Clinical Research, Compliance and Enforcement
Review of HIPAA/HITECH: Implications for Clinical Research and Compliance and Enforcement, Part I and Part II
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
After the Raid
In April 2012, federal agents raided Oaksterdam University, a move that sent ripples throughout Oakland’s well-established cannabis industry and raised…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (large)
Heartbreaking Medicare Gap For Young Transplant Patients
This story highlighted the issue of the cessation of post kidney transplant coverage for anti rejection and other crucial medications…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Cheaper Home Dialysis is Poised for Growth
This piece highlights the underutilization of peritoneal dialysis as an attractive, economic and feasible modality of dialysis in the United…
- 2013
No Award
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