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Journal’s retraction highlights value of keeping ‘a biostatistician in your back pocket’
A now-retracted study in the journal Science once again reveals how important it is that journalists find appropriate expert sources…
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Proposal would change how hospitals bill for services after acquiring physician groups
When health policy experts talk about ways to improve how Medicare and commercial health plans pay for care, they often…
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Latest jobs, awards and other news about AHCJ members
The latest report on AHCJ members’ awards, fellowships, job changes and other news includes Alicia F. Ault, Eileen Beal, Sheri…
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Don’t stick to experts: How to find people who acquired insurance under the ACA
Shannon Muchmore Having trouble talking to “real” people about their experiences under the Affordable Care Act? This tip sheet by…
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Critically assessing nutritional arguments based on evidence: One journalist’s case study
Few areas of medical research are as challenging to study as nutrition. Randomized controlled nutrition trials are very difficult to…
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Return to McAllen illustrates changes ACA has brought to health care system
In June 2009, Atul Gawande wrote an influential New Yorker article, about the community of McAllen, Texas, which has some…
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Eight-part series on hepatitis C finds unique moment in an epidemic
While working on a documentary about opioid addiction, Kristin Espeland Gourlay, the health care reporter for Rhode Island Public Radio, discovered…
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Learn about the candidates for AHCJ’s board of directors
Several people have declared their candidacy for AHCJ’s board of directors and their statements are available for members to review.…
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Journalists expose weaknesses in Idaho’s fragmented, threadbare mental health system
Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran a series titled, “In Crisis,”…
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Babies or bust? What new data on millennial birth rates means for the future
It’s no secret that raising children is an expensive proposition. But for millennials, who entered adulthood during the worst economic…
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