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Medication errors are common. Here’s how to hold the system accountable
Medication errors hurt more hospitalized patients than any other mishap, including botched surgeries and health care-acquired infections. In long-term care,…
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Telehealth could help combat infectious diseases clinician shortage
It may or may not be obvious, given that we’re emerging from a worldwide pandemic, that the country is facing…
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Study: High blood pressure in your 30s may mean poorer brain health in your 70s
Are hypertension and blood pressure changes in early adulthood associated with late-life brain health? According to a new study from…
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Journalism fellowships to help support environmental health coverage
Journalism fellowship and funding for special projects are opportunities to go beyond daily reporting and to have support and money…
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Covering abortion as a health care issue in all its complexity, politics aside
I recently returned from the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in Baltimore — the…
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Personal story inspires series on mental illness among people experiencing homelessness
San Diego-based inewsource investigative reporter Jennifer Bowman has tracked policymakers’ responses to the region’s rising count of people with mental…
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AHCJ thanks our volunteer contest judges, sign ups open for 2023
Now in its 19th year, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is…
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A typical workday for freelancer Melba Newsome
For this installment of A Typical Workday, I interviewed independent journalist, writer and editor Melba Newsome. Newsome’s byline has appeared…
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May Lunch and Learn: Writing Profiles
Health journalism provides plenty of compelling content. We tell stories of patients who have mystifying, painful or even incurable conditions,…
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Online privacy violations do real harm to patients
A new study shows third-party tracking occurs on nearly all hospital websites, buttressing recent news coverage about consumers’ loss of…
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