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TV report leads to $2.25 million HIPAA settlement
A report by Bob Segall of WTHR-Indianapolis prompted the federal investigation that led to CVS Pharmacy’s agreement to pay $2.25…
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Environment of enthusiasm at CDC strikes reporter
Modern Healthcare‘s Jessica Zigmond writes about the enthusiasm she encountered among public health experts at the CDC during the recent…
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AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 3 “would constitute a blow to the public’s right to…
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AHCJ: Proposed legislation would be blow to public access
The Association of Health Care Journalists supports full and timely public access to the results of government-funded research. It believes…
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NCI’s cancer risk assessor leaves out minorities
In The New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin took a look at the National Cancer Institute’s new online colorectal cancer…
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How marketing turned Zyprexa into blockbuster
Ben Wallace-Wells of Rolling Stone uses the story of the rise of Zyprexa, Eli Lilly’s blockbuster schizophrenia treatment, to look…
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Stimulus funds study of effectiveness of treatments
Robert Pear reports in The New York Times that $1.1 billion of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus package will…
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Jost discusses consumer-driven health plans
In the latest installment of the Columbia Journalism Review‘s “Excluded Voices” series, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors,…
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Lax oversight, complex supply chains aid outbreaks
In the wake of recent food-borne salmonella outbreaks, Justina Wang of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle found that a combination…
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Site tracks schools’ conflict-of-interest policies
AHCJ member Peggy Noonan sent a note about a useful Web site to the organization’s electronic discussion list that is…
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