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New officers chosen for AHCJ board
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The AHCJ board of directors has elected new officers who will serve two-year terms beginning Oct. 1.…
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New officers chosen for AHCJ board
The AHCJ board of directors has elected new officers who will serve two-year terms beginning Oct. 1.
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Virtual assistants’ role in health care still being explored though questions persist
The use of virtual assistant devices like Amazon Echo in health care settings has been featured in a number of…
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Keeping up with context via the latest data on the delta variant
In the past month, there have been a growing number of U.S. studies showing that because of the SARS-CoV-2 delta…
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Costs are rising as health insurers require members to pay more for COVID-19 treatment
Here’s another bit of compelling information to share with your audience: New research shows that most health insurers are requiring…
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Afghan media workers in peril as U.S. withdraws; IFJ and others raising money to help
The Association of Health Care Journalists has been watching the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan over the past several weeks…
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Right to Know Committee resumes talks with HHS media office, affirms appeals process
If you’re having problems getting information from a federal health agency, don’t give up: You might have recourse within the…
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Building trust first helped journalist report on COVID-19 in prisons
The pandemic has had a significant impact on prison populations, where there have been almost 400,000 positive cases across the…
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Use of term ‘low value’ may leave Black, Latinx patients with questions about access to care
Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles on reframing the debate about low-benefit treatments. Part one published on…
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Study estimates how often people on Medicare may be harmed by ‘low-value’ care
It’s easy to understand the economic arguments against exposing people to medical treatments and tests that many experts say are…
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