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Making an investigative piece about ‘preventable harm’ accessible to readers
Sarah Kliff Sarah Kliff’s story,“Do No Harm,” began with a simple question. She is one of AHCJ’s 2015 Reporting Fellows on Health Care…
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Look at how health quality measures have become a jungle
Quality measures are good, right? We all want our doctors and hospitals to follow best practices and be held to…
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Dementia training standards vary widely throughout U.S.
A new survey of state laws around dementia training reveals a patchwork of requirements and standards across settings, professional licensure…
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Greater transparency is resulting in fewer ‘positive’ findings in clinical trials
If it seems the newest studies are always reporting some new link – an association between two things or an…
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Gauging ‘success’ at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, created by the Affordable Care Act, is trying new ways of delivering health care and…
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Check out this primer on issues affecting health in rural areas
When I flew to Forth Worth, Texas, recently for AHCJ’s Rural Health Workshop, I should have read this first. The…
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Panel looks to Medicaid as possible housing partner to boost health
Is housing a prescription for better health for the poor? And, if so, who pays for it? That was the…
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Looking at the ‘adventure’ philanthropy of dental professionals
Sara Schilling of the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., recently caught up with a local dentist who channels his wanderlust…
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How to gauge ‘success’ at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
One agency created by the Affordable Care Act is the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). As the name…
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AHCJ offers update of hospital inspection data
AHCJ just added 899 hospital deficiencies listed in the searchable data on its HospitalInspections.org website. The latest addition includes inspections into June.…
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