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Physician-owned hospitals: Restricting us is unconstitutional!
The National Law Journal’s Tresa Baldas has the details of a suit filed by physician-owned hospital advocacy and ownership groups…
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House nixes COBRA help, opens “jungle”
On Prepared Patient Forum, AHCJ Immediate Past President Trudy Lieberman examined the fallout of the Friday House vote to toss…
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Best science blogs, Dartmouth Atlas, more care
Expect some short posts today – I’m at our Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Kansas City and I hope to…
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GAO sting spotlights sketchy herbal meds
Undercover sting operation reports may not be the meatiest documents released by the Government Accountability Office, but they’re almost always…
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Practical concerns facing NPs in rural areas
Susan Presley, writing for the American Journal of Nursing, examines the role nurse practitioners are playing in addressing the well-documented…
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Factory that made recalled Tylenol was cited
The U.S. House of Representatives’ oversight committee will hold a hearing today about an April 30 recall of children’s Tylenol…
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AHCJ welcomes 95 new members
AHCJ welcomes these new members: Jill Adams, independent journalist; Delmar, N.Y. Janet Adamy, health policy reporter, The Wall Street Journal;…
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Reporting the science behind public health slogans
It’s hardly news that we’re supposed to eat better and exercise regularly. So how can we tell our readers, viewers…
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HHS shows off tools marrying health, data
This morning’s HHS briefing about the new Community Health Data Initiative, part of the Open Government Initiative, covered a lot…
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Study authors don’t always have access to raw data
John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on outside authors of drug company-funded studies who do not have access…
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