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Atlanta journalist finds one series leads to another … and another … and another
Cover health care, or any beat, long enough and most journalists will discover that one story leads naturally to another.…
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Data raises questions: Is health exchange churn an affordability challenge, or the result of a new job?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported this fall that the number of people covered – that is,…
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Webcast: Using NARMS Now, a CDC data tool on antibiotic resistance
This year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS Now), a database…
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Reporter finds mental health evaluations missed in ER that released murder suspect
Reporter Amy Neff Roth (@OD_Roth), of the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch found an interesting story with the help of hospitalinspections.org. Roth,…
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Webcast to explore how consumers, payers and provider groups can evaluate physician quality
Next month, the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will publish methodology that will allow consumers, health plans, provider organizations…
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Journalists learn about efforts to improve diagnostic process
If you’ve read Dr. Lisa Sanders’ “Diagnosis” column in The New York Times Magazine, you know the process of identifying…
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Time takes a critical look at breast cancer treatment
Siobhan O’Connor recently explored in a Time magazine piece an issue that has been gaining traction in both the medical…
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Things to watch for as Medicare open enrollment gets underway
This week marks the start of Medicare’s open enrollment period, when beneficiaries can shop for a Medicare Advantage (MA) or…
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ProPublica offers a state-by-state look at pregnancy and drug laws
There have been a lot of gripping tales of late highlighting the impact of the nation’s soaring heroin epidemic, especially…
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Community health centers often fail to provide easy access to oral care
Locating both dental and medical providers at a community health center can better ensure that low-income patients get the oral…
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