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Initiatives not improving patient safety; poor implementation to blame
A large-scale study that followed mistakes in health care delivery at 10 North Carolina hospitals from 2002 to 2007 found…
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Value-based plans use disincentives, not denials
Michelle Andrews at Kaiser Health News is exploring value-based health insurance plans, a growing field that bases its reimbursement rates…
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New database links journalists, trauma research
There’s a reason the folks from the National Library of Medicine are fixtures at AHCJ events: Medical research is an…
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Reporter uncovers $86 million from insurers to fight reform
The flow of money into politics in general, and Health Policy in particular, has been thoroughly opaque this election season,…
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Ghostwritten textbook just ‘tip of the iceberg’
The New York Times‘ Duff Wilson has uncovered what he calls the first ghostwritten book. Published in 1999 under the…
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Lieberman, Ornstein on health as a top 5 beat
Earlier this month, Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles stirred things up with his lively post on the five most important…
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Flawed approval process led to flawed jaw implants
In the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reporter John Fauber proves that it’s possible to do cutting-edge reporting on conflicts of interest…
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NICE loses power to control availability of drugs
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced plans to strip the key powers from The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or…
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CEO uses cookie to avoid speaking to reporters
This week’s equivalent of “Don’t touch my junk” just might be “I’m eating my cookie.” That was the response given…
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Boomers line up for Medicare Part D plans
In a Morning Edition piece, NPR’s Kelley Weiss manages to hit all the highlights of this year’s Medicare Part D…
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