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• 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

  By David Donald

  2013

• 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

  By David Donald

  2011

• On the Beat: Documents for Public Health Investigations

  Young lists several story ideas for those covering the public health beat with pertinent resources for each.

  Tags: vaccinations; immunization registry; swimming pool closures; pest control; notifiable disease database; death certificate; FDA Warnings; CDC public health images

  By Alison Young

  2010

• Health Care Survival Guide: Investigating America's Hospitals

  Berens tipsheet addresses how to cover the health & science beat. He begins by stressing the 3 F's: "follow the paper; find the expert; and ferret out the research." Berens gives a list of basic public records pertinent to the beat; available databases; and "real world advice" based on his own experience covering health and science.

  Tags: health; science; FOIA; medical research; medicine; hospitals; adverse event reporting; MAUDE; Manufacterer and User Facility Device Experience; Excluded Individuals Database

  By Michael J. Berens

  2009

• Investigating Outbreaks: It's not just about food

  Young discusses how to go about investigating outbreaks that threaten public health. She touches on timely issues such as the swine flu outbreak (H1N1). Other stories to follow: sick passengers on airplanes; outbreaks of other notifiable diseases; and school vaccination law compliance

  Tags: health reporting; swine flu; H1N1; Centers for Disease Control; notifiable disease database; vaccinations; EMS

  By Alison Young

  2009

• Investigating Public Health Agencies & Programs

  The author discusses how to investigate public health agencies. She includes advice for reporting in crisis situations, as well as story ideas for enterprise pieces about the agencies. The tipsheet includes sources for covering notifiable diseases in your area, bioterrorism funds, lab safety, and lab animal welfare.

  Tags: public health; local government; state government; CDC; MMWR; story ideas; beat reporting

  By Alison Young

  2008

• Investigating Public Health

  Tips on asses performance, tracking the money and examining the perks of health care.

  Tags: health; medical; doctors; hospitals

  By Alison Young

  2007

• Tips for reporting on vaccines, mercury and autism

  Lists numerous sources for reporting on autism and vaccines, ranging from research groups to doctors to government agencies. It also lists relevant web sites and journalists who have reported on autism and vaccines.

  Tags: pharmaceuticals; science; mercury; autism; vaccines; drugs; public health; disabilities

  By David Kirby

  2006

• Data on Addiction

  The main source of federal data on drug use is the Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration. Suo discusses some of the data sets that are available from the organization's website, as well as the pros and cons of each one.

  Tags: drugs; public health; public safety; narcotics; data analysis; computer-assisted reporting

  By Steve Suo

  2006

• Investigating Medical Malpractice

  This tipsheet lists website that can help reporters get information about doctors and their histories of medical malpractice claims. The list includes the Federation of State Medical Boards and the National Practitioners Databank. All together there are seven websites listed.

  Tags: hospitals; doctors; medicine; lawsuits; court; American Medical Association

  By Fred Schulte

  2006