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Newspaper risked credibility by making deal with hospital
The Capital, a 47,000-circulation daily newspaper in Annapolis, Md., sold its weekly Health Page to Anne Arundel Medical Center, a…
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Addressing current and future health workforce hurdles
Presentation by Michael Evans, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.C.H.E., Maxine Clark and Bob Fox dean and professor, Goldfarb School of Nursing at…
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After the storm: Reporting on the health impacts of flooding
With floods come major health risks, including drowning, injury, contamination or shortages of water and food, infectious diseases, extreme heat…
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Intro to investigating health data using spreadsheets
This exercise is designed to give you an introduction to using Excel spreadsheets to make some basic calculations to find…
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Records show ‘dangerous doctors’ rarely face discipline
Gina Barton of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes how she used several sets of data and records, from both state…
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Bay Area panel on veterans’ health highlights untold stories
A panel of experts gave a compelling presentation about one of the nation's biggest health stories – the medical, mental…
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Issues facing female veterans and women on active duty
More than 182,000 women have deployed to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring…
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W.Va. paper chronicles state’s oral health problem
In a series of articles published last year, Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette reporter Eric Eyre chronicled the abysmal state of dental…
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Brain tumors: Resources for following Ted Kennedy diagnosis
In light of the senator's diagnosis, AHCJ is gathering information that might help journalists cover the story accurately and offer…
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Outsourcing of pharmacies: Prescription for problems?
In the March issue of Portfolio, Katherine Eban reported on the prescription error that killed a premature infant in a…
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