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Las Vegas Sun caps series by showing solutions
In the Las Vegas Sun reporter Marshall Allen wraps up his wide-ranging Do No Harm series on hospital quality by…
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NICE official: Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated
The new government in Britain has targeted the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for change. John Lister interviewed Kalipso Chalkidou, International…
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WSJ exposes flaws of Medicare’s pay now, investigate later culture
In the latest story to take advantage of their paper’s Medicare data trove, The Wall Street Journal‘s Mark Schoofs and…
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NICE official: Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated
Kalipso Chalkidou Andrew Lansley, the United Kingdom's health secretary, recently announced plans to reorganize the National Institute for Health and…
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ProPublica releases ratings of 5,000 dialysis providers
On the heels of a successful FOIA request related to Robin Fields’ dialysis investigation, ProPublica has published a database evaluating…
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Doctors tied to manufacturer report better outcomes, may influence spinal surgery
After using a FOIA request to obtain documents the Food and Drug Administration had labeled “confidential,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter…
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Critics say New York soft on disciplining dentists
The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard‘s James Mulder has found that, when it comes to cracking down on less-than-competent dentists, his state…
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AHCJ joins organizations concerned with Texas A&M open-record restrictions
The Association of Health Care Journalists has signed on to a letter criticizing a proposal by the Texas A&M University…
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2010’s most popular Covering Health posts
Tanning beds: What do the numbers really mean? Gays excluded from clinical trials Oransky: Medical study embargoes serve whom? Why…
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UK’s Dartmouth-esque atlas yields familiar results
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Christopher Weaver looks at the NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare, which is similar to…
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