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Suffering in Silence
When considering domestic violence, most individuals would not immediately conjur images of aging persons who have suffered physical or psychological…
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Confronting the Challenges of Elder Abuse
This presentation provided a statistical and historic overview of the scope of the nation’s elder abuse, neglect and exploitation problem;…
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HuffPo: EMR cost estimates involve ‘fuzzy math’
Fred Schulte, writing for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, worked to understand the math needed to attach a $19 billion…
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Reporting Health Stories from any Beat
These presentations are from the California Chicano News Media Association's Job Opportunities Conference, Oct. 15 & 16, in Los Angeles.…
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Digging Into Hospital Finances: Recent trends and five key documents
Karl Stark of The Philadelphia Inquirer has written an extensive tip sheet on covering hospital finances – an especially daunting…
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Doctor’s path shows licensing’s weaknesses
The Associated Press’ Jay Reeves exposes systemic flaws in state medical licensing through the story of a physician who was…
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Under 1959 law, hospitals claim right to bill county for charity care
David Gulliver of Sarasota Health News found an almost-surreal local story that demonstrates just how desperate some recession-bitten hospitals have…
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AHCJ welcomes recently joined members
We’d like to welcome the following new members to AHCJ: Geri Aston, freelance, Chicago, Ill. Jennifer Austin, student, San Francisco,…
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St. Louis AHCJ members recognized for coverage
The St. Louis American was recognized by the Maternal Child and Family Health Coalition for “contributions to maternal and child…
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Bioethicist: Health workers must get H1N1 vaccine
On MSNBC.com, University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Arthur Caplan takes a tough stand on flu vaccines for health professionals, imploring…
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