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Staying in the loop: Reading suggestions for health reporters
These reading suggestions and links to helpful national organizations will keep health reporters in the loop.
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Drilling down into numbers uncovers Marketplace glitch
Don Sapatkin Ten days before the (expected) close of open enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the federal exchange’s window-shopping tool –…
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Dental tourism: Americans leaving the country for oral health care
Mary Otto Experts say many thousands of Americans are now going abroad for dental care. The growing phenomenon of…
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Covering hospital ratings? Here’s one aspect consumers need you to report #ahcj14
If you were at Health Journalism 2014, you might have heard that things got interesting on Saturday when journalists questioned…
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Survey: Older patients like, want medical homes
Older patients like the kind of team care delivered in medical homes and most of those who get this care…
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Covering hospital ratings? Here’s one aspect consumers need you to report
Tony Leys Hospital-ratings agencies portray themselves as champions of transparency when it comes to information about health-care quality. But some…
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Getting the dirt on the allergy epidemic #ahcj14
Are there more people with allergies, allergic responses, asthma and eczema than in years past? Is the environment the blame?…
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Concerns over ‘fracking’ prompt research into health effects, occupational hazards #ahcj14
Although 15 million Americans are now living less than a mile from natural gas wells, the research to evaluate any…
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How to talk about death and dying #ahcj14
Journalists need to talk about death responsibly and honestly, and should be part of the communication process between provider and…
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Hospitals rethink charity for those passing on Obamacare
The basic calculation uninsured people had to make this first open enrollment season in the ACA is whether to get…
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