Health Beat
Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
Ad
-
•
Funding of long-term care remains an unanswered question
Most policymakers and experts agree the U.S. needs to do a better job of addressing the rising demand for long-term…
-
Home health care’s role in post-acute care
Depending on the source, the home health care industry is either a boon to older adults or an industry rife…
-
•
Updated hospital inspection data includes psychiatric facilities
AHCJ has updated its HospitalInspections.org website and the downloadable version of the data to include reports from most of 2013.…
-
Bleak future for the funding of long-term care
Wallace Roberts A new scientific measure was introduced at this year’s annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) that may…
-
Reporter shares how to integrate effects of social determinants in health stories
It’s easy to blame disadvantaged people for engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for developing diabetes. Rhiannon Meyers,…
-
Cost reports show financial health of hospitals, amount of charity care they provide
Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit investigative journalism team, recently published a two-part series on hospitals based on financial data obtained for every…
-
Mosquito-borne disease appears in West Indies
A nasty virus just landed on America’s doorstep. Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
-
•
AHCJ fellows meet with Frieden during three days of CDC briefings
Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, met this morning with the AHCJ Regional…
-
Will price transparency drive up health care costs?
Will increased price transparency in health care drive up costs? That’s what a health plan association executive suggested last week…
-
Colo. advocates predict newly insured patients will overwhelm dentists
Hundreds of thousands of adults and children in Colorado will soon get dental coverage thanks to health care reform efforts…
Featured Resources
Work the Health Beat.
Get exclusive news and training opportunities from AHCJ in your inbox once a week.