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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
October 12, 2011 | Program Result
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism designed, developed and maintained a new website with extensive resources to enhance the ability of journalists to cover health care issues.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
Tanya Ott, a traditional public radio station journalist, and Connie Kohler, Dr.P.H., a professor who produces radio soap operas for an African-American audience, teamed up to take on the stigma and social cost of mental illness in the Bible Belt state of Alabama.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) built on the awareness of an audience drawn to a previous NHPTV project, the 2004 broadcast of a program called "The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's," and its related outreach throughout the state.
July 29, 2009 | Program Result
Between 2003 and 2008 the Health Reporting Unit at National Public Radio: produced 4,650 health and health care-related stories, and hired veteran health correspondent Julie Rovner as a full-time reporter, focusing on health care and health policy.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 2004, the Association of Health Care Journalists, an organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues, sponsored a four-day conference designed to improve reporters' knowledge of health care issues.
January 12, 2004 | Program Result
From 1992 to 1998, Radio Bilingue used funds from RWJF and other sources to maintain a health desk and produce health programming and public service messages.
January 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Alaska Public Radio Network produced health-information news and features for the daily National Native News radio program, and developed a weekly call-in health program, "The Friday Wellness Edition."
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Pennsylvania State University College of Communications, University Park, Pa., sponsored two conferences in 2003 designed to improve reporting of health and medical issues by journalists.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2002, the Association of Health Care Journalists created a guide for reporters and editors on how to report, write and edit stories focusing on the quality of health care.
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1986 to 1999, National Public Radio (NPR) increased its coverage of health policy and health care issues.