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Aging in place becoming more popular, possible
In the latest installment in The Associated Press series on growing old in America, David Crary explores how the health…
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Welcome AHCJ’s newest members
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members. All new AHCJ members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce…
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Investigation: Falsified charts in nursing homes linked to patient care
Marjie Lundstrom Sacramento Bee reporter Marjie Lundstrom recently wrote a two-part series on the falsification of patient records in nursing…
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Florida hospitals sidestep state constitution, keep records under wraps
Writing for BrowardBulldog.org, an independent investigative news site serving South Florida, Amber Statler-Matthews reports that hospitals are going to what…
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Send us examples of explaining complexities of Health Policy on TV
I know firsthand how hard it is to explain something like an Accountable Care Organization in a 2,500-word magazine piece.…
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Electronic medical records: Promised land or mirage?
Electronic medical record systems have been touted for years as the way to fix health care. Proponents say electronic prescribing…
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Business of Health Care: Tapping the holy grail of hospital data
How profitable is your local hospital? How much charity care does it provide? Do doctors there implant a disproportionate number…
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Reporters spend 10 weeks immersed in end-of-life care
Toronto Globe and Mail reporter Lisa Priest and photographer Moe Doiron spent two-and-a-half months embedded in a 20-bed critical care…
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Health Policy: Another poll, another confused public
Every month, we all get those embargoed Kaiser Family Foundation tracking polls in our email. As I open it, I…
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Antipsychotic use booms among Canadian kids
Writing for The Vancouver Sun and Postmedia News, Sharon Kirkey and Pamela Fayerman, report that, in an environment where the…
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