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Federal EMR budget slashed, switchover delayed?
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz have put together the latest installment in the Huffington Post Investigative Fund’s ongoing look at…
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Tuberculosis: AIDS of the 21st Century?
AHCJ's New York City chapter met on Sept. 30, 2009, for a discussion about "Tuberculosis: AIDS of the 21st Century?"Tuberculosis,…
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Lack of vaccinations may hurt ‘herd immunity’
USA Today‘s Liz Szabo writes about experts’ fears that unvaccinated children will lead to outbreaks of some infectious diseases. Experts…
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Posting ER wait times online: Gimmick or service?
Writing for HealthLeaders Media, Cheryl Clark looked at the growing number of hospitals that are posting their emergency room wait…
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Series shows how preemies affect families, society
The Providence Journal has published the final installment of The Price of Miracles (table of contents), a broad print and…
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Rule limits Harvard docs’ conflicts of interest
Harvard doctors will now be limited to making $5,000 a year for serving as board members for drugmakers and biotech…
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GAO looks into why nursing home evals are flawed
The Government Accountability Office has followed up its May 2008 report that found a high level of inconsistency in nursing…
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Snyderman’s MSNBC show is canceled
In a little bit of news that may have gone unnoticed over the holidays, “Dr. Nancy,” a health program on…
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Schwitzer’s year-end thoughts on health journalism
Gary Schwitzer, publisher of HealthNewsReview.org and an associate professor in the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication,…
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FDA approval causes drug price to skyrocket
In a collaboration between The Philadelphia Inquirer and Kaiser Health News, Harris Meyer looks at the case of colchicine, a…
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