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Applications sought for second annual AHCJ-CDC Fellowships
AHCJ and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have agreed to a second annual national fellowship program for journalists.…
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Evaluation of nonprofits’ charity care continues
If you’re keeping a list of issues that have been rejuvenated through inclusion in the Baucus bill, you can safely…
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IoM: We need clear guidelines for disaster triage
AHCJ president Charles Ornstein, with Sheri Fink, M.D., writes for ProPublica about the report of an Institute of Medicine committee…
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11 Calif. hospitals fined for preventable mistakes
Cheryl Clark writes for HealthLeaders Media that 11 California Hospitals were fined $25,000 each by the state for mistakes that…
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Criminals at work in Fla. nursing homes
Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that thousands of convicted criminals were working…
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Member evaluates stories for Tracker site
Paul Raeburn, author and Fathers and Families blogger, has started tracking health and medicine stories for the Knight Science Journalism…
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Reinhardt breaks down income statements
Princeton economist – and Health Journalism 2009 keynote speaker – Uwe Reinhardt’s latest post on The New York Times’ Economix…
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GAO: Four percent of nursing homes are troubled
A new report from the Government Accountability Office report estimates that 580, or 4 percent, of America’s approximately 16,000 nursing…
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Business pushes screenings despite guidelines
Jeff Baillon, a reporter for KMSP-Minneapolis/St. Paul, saw Life Line’s ubiquitous mailers (here’s the one AHCJ’s Gary Schwitzer received) in…
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Hospital claims reform causing financial woes
Sean Kelly of WCVB-Boston reports that, despite suing the state on the grounds that financial difficulties caused by Massachusetts Health…
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