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Workshop speaker to lead national group
Dennis Berens, director of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health, who helped kick off AHCJ’s first Rural Health Journalism Workshop…
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Novack joins EBSCO Publishing’s medical division
John Novack, a former member of the AHCJ board of directors, has joined EBSCO Publishing as a medical market development…
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Holiday reading: Hospitals sue patients; team helps people die with dignity
Hopefully, readers of Covering Health will have some time off over the holidays. Here are two fairly extensive projects that…
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Coverage of nursing home rankings varies
Last week the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new ratings for nursing homes – both for-profit and nonprofit –…
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What’s hot on the AHCJ Web site
Ever wonder how other people are using the AHCJ Web site? Here are the most visited resources on HealthJournalism.org this…
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CMS adds rating system to nursing home data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to launch a “5 Star Quality Rating System” addition to its…
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Quaid reaches settlement with hospital over errors
If you attended Health Journalism 2008 in March, you likely heard actor Dennis Quaid give an emotional talk about the…
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Catch up with AHCJ members; get book discount
The third edition of “Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z,” by NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner, has…
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Survey unmasks health, medical journalists
A new study attempts to answer two key questions about health and medical journalists in the United States – what…
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Study raises concerns over disclosure in health stories
Health journalists used to covering studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association recently found themselves on the receiving…
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