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New EHR error-reporting system to keep data confidential
EHRevent.org, a service that will allow health workers to report and track errors associated with electronic health records, has launched…
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Health officials, journalists agree information is key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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Report on juvenile mental health courts earns award
AHCJ member Laurie Udesky’s writing was part of the winning entry in the weekly newspaper category of the Price Child…
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Where you are determines your end-of-life care
As you’ve likely noticed, the Dartmouth Atlas team has now focused its lens on end-of-life care and found, not surprisingly,…
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Four states refuse to name hyper-prescribing docs
As part of his war against overprescription and fraud, Sen. Charles Grassley asked states to share data on doctors who …
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Dementia patients overwhelm Scottish system
The (Edinburgh) Scotsman‘s Adam Morris won the Guild of Health Writers’ “Best Regional Health Feature” award for his investigation into…
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NPR explores the right to at-home care for disabled patients
When it comes to summarizing the NPR news investigation “Home or Nursing Home,” you really can’t do much better than…
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State-by-state data, the plug-n-play version
We write about state-by-state federal health statistics a lot here, but acknowledge that they can sometimes require basic spreadsheet and…
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Report projects 134,000 hospital patients a month experience adverse events
More than 13 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were harmed during a hospital stay, according to a study released by…
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Heart research hits plateau
Just in time for the American Heart Association’s annual meeting, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber offers something of a…
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