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Investigation finds chart falsification endemic in Calif. nursing homes
In a two-part series (one | two) in The Sacramento Bee, Marjie Lundstrom reveals the results into the widespread falsification…
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Reporting on why some patients are stuck in hospitals
Yanick Rice Lamb Patients typically complain about being released from the hospital sooner than they would like. So Yanick Rice…
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Project offers road map to local health care innovations
A new, but time-limited – looks like the emails may just be going out for just for 30 days –…
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Journalists turn to Sebelius for access to National Practitioner Data Bank file
The Association of Health Care Journalists and five other journalism groups appealed to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…
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Journalists turn to Sebelius for access to National Practitioner Data Bank file
HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius The Association of Health Care Journalists and five other journalism groups appealed to Health and Human…
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Health stories win at ONA for investigations, multimedia
The Online News Association has honored two of this year’s bumper crop of excellent health pieces with top honors in…
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Cash-strapped Ill. goes after hospitals’ nonprofit status
A New York Times article written by Bruce Japsen, an independent journalist writing for the Chicago News Co-Op, digs into…
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HHS releases guidelines for handling media requests
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a set of guidelines on how it will provide information…
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Agency declines to restore public data
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration resisted demands by three major journalism organizations for the immediate restoration of a…
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Public reporting of patient harm is a potent force
Marshall Allen The Las Vegas Sun series “Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas” identified cases of preventable harm…
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