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Denmark sees results from electronic records
In The New York Times, Sindya Bhanoo examines Denmark, a country which has adopted health information technology to a high…
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How Health Policy lost popular support
Kaiser Health News staff writers, including Jordan Rau, Mary Agnes Carey, Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz, teamed up to figure…
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Myth surrounds reform’s ‘Safeway Amendment’
Throughout the health care reform process, politicians have held up Safeway’s health incentive program as a model for future government…
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‘Kidney pirates,’ organized crime and health care
In a recent episode of HDNet’s Dan Rather reports, the journalist criss-crossed the globe alongside an academic/activist and others trying…
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Addressing the growing demand for kidneys
Josephine Marcotty of the Minneapolis Star Tribune recently wrote a series addressing the increasing demand for kidneys, a need spurred…
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Doctor or journalist? Roles become blurred in Haiti
As aid flows to Haiti and the full scope of the disaster becomes clear, there is an interesting discussion happening…
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Joint Commission finds improved hospital quality
The latest report from The Joint Commission, a hospital accrediting organization, finds that “overall, hospitals are following evidence-based standards for…
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Hep C emerges from dormancy to hit baby boomers
Newsweek‘s Sarah Kliff looked into hepatitis C, a virus which can be dormant for decades then emerge to cause liver…
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FDA launches transparency site with help of tongue depressor
In the first step of a planned three-part transparency initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rolled out FDA…
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Bush Institute program set to launch for PBS
The Dallas-based George W. Bush Institute, a think tank founded by the former president, is working on a new public…
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