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AHCJ members tackle job changes, book publishing and earn awards
Health journalists have been busy, with a number of job changes, awards and new books out. Here’s the latest news…
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Groups push for transparency in Joint Commission’s hospital accreditation surveys
The Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Jim Warren reports that about 50 advocacy groups, including the Consumers Union and Mothers against Medical Error,…
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Graham to lead AHCJ’s resources on aging
Veteran health care journalist Judith Graham will be AHCJ’s topic leader in building new resources for journalists covering aging. Graham,…
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Hiding in plain sight: California hospital data
California journalists are lucky to have the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Despite its bureaucratic and jargony name,…
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Pharma discloses free meals, ProPublica expands database
In his latest report, ProPublica senior reporter and AHCJ board president Charles Ornstein explains exactly how, since its founding last…
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Thieves target pharma cargo, cause shortages
Reporting for WBBH-Fort Myers, Fla., Andy Pierotti reports that highly specialized thieves have made an art form of snatching shipping…
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Data analysis reveals wide variation in use of heart procedures
One town’s high rate of elective angioplasties has drawn the attention of the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting…
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Find health data at Childstats.gov, a clearinghouse for kid numbers
Time to add another link to your “federal data clearinghouses” folder, if you haven’t already. Childstats.gov, published by the Federal…
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Health journalists poised for strong showing at 2011 ONA Awards
The 2011 finalists for the Online Journalism Awards were announced this week, and regular readers won’t be surprised to hear…
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CPI investigation details health information technology sector’s lobbying efforts
Writing for The Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, Josh Israel reports that, with billions of stimulus dollars still at…
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