The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "Health" ...
-
Cracking Codes
Learn about datasets that can help localize health stories, including pharmaceutical company spending on doctors, nursing home violations and hospital quality, among others. We will dive into Medicare data and data that local and state reporters can use.
Tags: health data; Medicaid; nursing homes; drugs
-
Making Health Data Sexy
Learn about datasets that can help localize health stories, including pharmaceutical company spending on doctors, nursing home violations and hospital quality, among others. We will dive into Medicare data and data that local and state reporters can use.
Tags: Medicare data; nursing home; hospital; pharmaceuticals
-
The Impact of Poverty, and How to Convince Your Editors its Worth Writing About
This Powerpoint presentation is a great guide to why you should cover poverty. Get your editor and your readers to care with Kelly's pitch ideas and story examples as well as steps to take to get started.
Tags: poverty; data; HMDA; Department of Health; LED
-
HealthCare Money --- finding stories in elections that can have local and national focus
This extensive tipsheet will provide you with everything you need to follow the money going to healthcare reform this campaign season. Included are dozens and dozens of websites and tips on how to cover PACs.
Tags: campaign finance; politics; money; PACs; healthcare
-
Health Analyses for Any Newsroom
Journalists have a duty to report on the hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, and clinics that provide medical treatment to their viewers, readers, and listeners. Learn tricks of the health reporting trade in this tip sheet.
Tags: Health
-
One big-ass(arse) database – and other medical issues
"Health databases can unlock important clues about matters of life and death in your community. From identifying unsafe hospitals to detecting questionable treatments used by doctors and their escalating costs, you can write important stories that have an immediate impact and lead to lasting change."
Tags: health care; databases
-
Finding and using health care data
"This tip sheet will direct you to several trustworthy databases about the quality of health care delivered by hospitals, transplant centers and nursing homes."
Tags: data-mining; health care data
-
Strategies for the Continuing Investigation
Regan lays out the top ten databases for your toolkit. He links to many helpful government websites so that you get the most out of your investigation.
Tags: health and safety; medicare; FAA; EPA; DOT
-
Health Information Technologies
Schulte provides a list of websites for tracking developments in health information technologies.
Tags: health care; stimulus; MAUDE; health information technology
-
Investigating Hospital Safety
Marshall gives insights into covering hospital safety - from developing sources; paying attention to story tips; covering hospital regulation;
Tags: hospitals; health care; medical care; physicians; doctors; nurses; insurance; pharmaceuticals; drugs; licensing