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Australian physician-journalist offers pearls for health journalists
One of the best ways to become a better health journalist is to find out what the best in the…
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Notorious RBG: A role model for healthy aging
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg (a.k.a. Notorious RBG) is celebrating her 25th year on the bench of the nation’s…
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New hospital inspection reports released: Database has more than 30,000 records
For more than five years, the Association of Health Care Journalists has been updating quarterly the website HospitalInspections.org, where the…
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Report shows how hospital rating reports can meet patients’ needs more effectively
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Hospital Compare website to let consumers evaluate hospital performance based…
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Cities sue administration over ACA policy
The latest in the Affordable Care Act legal battles: U.S. cities suing President Trump and top health officials at HHS…
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Pre-existing conditions re-emerge: Find out who might be affected
The latest anti-Affordable Care Act lawsuit from a score of conservative state attorneys general – partly backed by the U.S.…
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Changes are on the way for military dental benefits
Changes are coming for 1.6 million military retirees and family members who obtain oral health care benefits through the TRICARE…
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Infectious disease outbreaks rise with opioid epidemic
Cases of infectious diseases such as hepatitis A, B and C, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
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Summit of tech giants takes on the cloud and improving patient data interoperability
At a developer conference hosted at the White House last week, six of the biggest tech companies issued a joint…
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Is value-based health care a fad?
There’s no doubt that the health system needs new payment models to replace the aging fee-for-service (FFS) method criticized for…
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