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Reporter offers advice on avoiding embarrassing incident
A call from the medical examiner to my editor the morning of Friday, July 22, started the worst day of…
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Balancing readers’ desire for short articles with need for meaningful analysis
Writing for Prepared Patient Forum, Jessie Gruman uses the demise of the News of the World to explore the commodification…
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For Hawaii reporter, scarce nursing home inspections become the story
The Honolulu Star Advertiser‘s Rob Perez reports that, thanks to cutbacks, Hawaii has failed to meet federal standards for “evaluating…
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AHCJ members get new jobs, fellowships, awards and more
Constance Alexander, a freelance columnist in Murray, Ky., has been selected as a featured speaker on the roster of presenters…
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LA Times op-ed explains need for guidelines on information in a public health emergency
In an op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times, Felice J. Freyer and Charles Ornstein, members of AHCJ’s board of directors,…
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Reporters can explore states’ options for creating exchanges
Give me an f… … for Flexibility, that is. Flexibility is the buzzword these days, as federal health officials coax…
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Visit NIH and learn how to use NLM research, tools
AHCJ has teamed up with the National Library of Medicine to present the AHCJ-NLM Health Journalism Fellowships. Four journalists will…
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Follow the numbers to report on hospital executives’ compensation packages
The tax-exempt status of not-for-profit hospitals has received heightened scrutiny over the past few years as policy makers across the…
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Reporter explores ‘dying peacefully in his sleep’
Spurred by the unenviable task of writing a very personal obituary to look beyond the stock phrases so common in…
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Report: Calif. hospital chain profited from ER admissions
After months of investigation and updates, California Watch reporters Christina Jewett and Stephen K. Doig have unleashed their full report…
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