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Race to electronic health records may come with a price
Fred Schulte Amid all the enthusiasm over increasing the use of information technology in health, politicians and policy makers paid…
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Reporter chases down cost of new tax break for investor-owned hospitals
Carla K. Johnson When Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a tax break for investor-owned hospitals last spring, there…
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Focus on Medicaid as budget debates escalate
Don’t forget about Medicaid as the budget debate occupies center stage in Washington. Howard Gleckman reminds us why this is…
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Kenen offers tips for explaining insurance exchanges, related challenges to readers, listeners
We heard a fair amount last week about what states plan to do with their exchanges – and we’ll know…
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Brawley speaks to Atlanta chapter of AHCJ
The Atlanta chapter of AHCJ met on Sept. 25 to hear Otis Brawley, M.D., speak on various health care topics.…
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Battles over water fluoridation spread across the country
As the election returns rolled in, armies of reporters across the country went to work exploring the fate of candidates…
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JAMA editor predicts embargoes will be up for discussion
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member and AP medical writer Carla K. Johnson, who leads AHCJ’s Chicago…
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American, Kenyan students to cover global health projects
An initiative at Boston University will attempt to “fill the void in developing-world health reporting” by using students from that…
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Finding information on medical costs
Cost is an important aspect of covering research, especially if you’re covering a study of a drug or medical device.…
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Life expectancy of less-educated Americans decreasing
Call it the life expectancy gap. While Americans with higher education degrees are living longer, white men and women without…
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