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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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Newest members bring decidedly international flavor to AHCJ
Please extend a warm welcome to the latest trio of journalists to join AHCJ! Aliette Jonkers, independent journalist, Amersfoort, Netherlands…
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In China, pharma hires thousands of doctors to sell drugs
Bloomberg News reports that pharmaceutical companies in China are poaching thousands of trained physicians, many of them recent grads, to…
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College football, sickle cell can be deadly combo
Rachel George, Iliana Limón and Shannon J. Owens of the Orlando Sentinel look at college football players whose deaths have…
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Report explains doctors’ reluctance to adopt EMRs
Writing for the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, Susan Jaffe spent time in the trenches to better understand how…
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Health officials, journalists agree on standards for releasing information
New guidance addresses public health emergencies Public health officials and journalists now have guidance on what information should be made…
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Health officials, journalists agree on standards
New guidance addresses information release in public health emergencies Public health officials and journalists now have guidance on what information…
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