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Health IT under Trump: Here are some of the hot topics to follow
While it’s unclear what President-elect Donald Trump’s views are on health IT, the issue has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support. Here…
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Mental health needs of aging prisoners is a fruitful area for coverage
All but a relative handful of incarcerated persons in the United States go home. But those sentenced to longer – if…
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Voters around the country OK soda taxes to tackle obesity
Soda taxes, it seems, are gaining some pop. Voters in several U.S. cities in California and Colorado overwhelmingly approved additional…
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Can a spit test tell us about reactions to presidential elections?
The mouth, former Surgeon General David Satcher once observed, is “a mirror for general health and well-being.” For some of…
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2017 AHCJ Reporting Fellows on Health Care Performance named
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance to five journalists who intend…
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False positives matter: A real-life case study in understanding context
Something happened in our family early in August that set me behind in my work for more than three months.…
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Wellness center tackles low-income seniors’ oral health challenges
An innovative new nonprofit dental clinic in a San Diego senior center is bringing badly needed preventive and restorative care…
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Getting from Obamacare to Trumpcare
A few quick thoughts on Health Policy and the election — we’ll be coming back to this, of course, as…
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An early look at president-elect Trump’s positions on health care
Covering Health will have more about the election of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president but we start with some links…
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IT acronyms, trends that health journalists should understand
The Cleveland Clinic last month released its list of top 10 medical innovations for 2017. The annual list highlights technology…
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