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Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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There’s more to surprise medical bills than patients’ horror stories
Surprise medical bills are not new but they certainly have become a big story nationwide. In most of these stories,…
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What you need to know about health information exchange
Health information exchange is the action of sharing relevant health information electronically among trusted clinical partners regardless of physical location.…
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How ageism can negatively affect the health of older adults
Older adults are commonly subjected to a variety of negative stereotypes – bumbling, helpless, cranky, unapproachable, child-like, to name a…
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AHCJ, National Cancer Institute to partner on National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
The Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Cancer Institute announced they will collaborate this year to present the…
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Review of EPA data leads USA Today to towns with contaminated water
Yes, database websites can seem clunky, and government data can seem hopelessly riddled with errors. But searching, downloading and analyzing…
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Washington, D.C., chapter event brings record turnout
More than 100 people, including about 50 health journalists, turned out on June 2 for the AHCJ Washington, D.C., chapter…
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Turn to new tip sheet before writing about drug prices
Drug prices have become a hot topic – and a significant source of the ongoing challenges to achieving affordable premiums…
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Localize the story of the latest superbug’s U.S. arrival – for a long time to come
The latest news about the arrival in the U.S. of a deeply concerning “superbug” justifiably injected alarm into the headlines…
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How USA Today took a deep data dive into the lead-contaminated water story
Nearly everyone now knows how lead contamination in Flint, Michigan’s public water system has jeopardized the health of residents. But…
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Check out these resources before reporting on drug prices
Jonathan Rockoff, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal who covers the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has done some ground-breaking work on drug prices. A…
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