Health Beat
Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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Health Literacy & Public Reporting of Quality Measures for Medical Rehabilitation (Allen Heinemann)
Heinemann discusses reporting on health care quality in general and rehabilitation in particular.
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The palliative care experience of two patients (Sean O’Mahony)
O'Mahoney combines anecdotes and statistics to paint a picture of palliative care and its importance.
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Will More Physicians Improve the Health of Patients? (David Goodman)
Dr. Goodman answers the question posed in the title of his presentation, namely “Will More Physicians Improve the Health of…
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Assessing Health Policy: Is There a Looming Doctor Shortage? (Kevin Barnett presentation)
Barnett argues for a comprehensive approach to addressing California’s health care workforce needs.
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Spotting Conflicts of Interest (Lisa Baro presentation)
Bero points reporters to the best places to look for conflicts of interest.
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What’s News in Childbirth? (Alan Peaceman presentation)
Dr. Peaceman describes the three biggest childbirth-related problems in America today.
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Safety in Childbirth (Mark Chassin presentation)
Dr. Chassin discusses Joint Commission efforts to make pregnancy and childbirth safer.
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Understanding studies, journal practices, how this stuff becomes news (Gary Schwitzer presentation)
Schwitzer gives a road map to the most common mistakes made when interpreting (and publishing) medical studies.
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How to Read Medical Studies (Ivan Oransky presentation)
Dr. Oransky's classic presentation on how to dissect a medical study.
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The Community Health Perspective (Linnea Windel presentation)
Windel presents a nursing-based strategy for meeting the needs of an aging population.
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