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Q&A with Cathryn Jakobson Ramin: The Billion Dollar Back Pain Industry

An investigative journalist blows the back pain industry wide open in her forthcoming book — and offers advice for your own reporting.

Q&A with Dr. Carl Elliott: Making patient protection a priority for clinical trials

Dr. Carl Elliott is a brave man. A bioethicist with an MD, Elliott took on powerful interests at his own university on behalf of a woman he barely knew and a patient he could not save.

Covering Medicare Spending, Part 2: Tips from The Wall Street Journal's Secrets of the System

The Wall Street Journal’s series on Medicare costs, “Secrets of the System,” sets the mind spinning with possibilities for future health investigations. I culled five tips from the on Wednesday. Here are five more. Next week, I will offer a few story ideas that could grow out of the Journal’s efforts to crack open the Medicare claims database for everyone.

Chicago's Buried Bodies Part 2: Millions in malpractice judgments amount to nothing in Illinois

Surely if a doctor has gone to trial in a malpractice case and been ordered to pay millions by a judge or jury, this would catch the attention of the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation.

This is what I was thinking when reading about some recent huge malpractice judgments against doctors in the Chicago area. I tried to see if any information about these payments showed up in the state’s professional license lookup system.

Every attempt ended in disappointment.

Grand Junction’s Healthcare System

Over five days, Colorado Public News examines how Grand Junction, Colo. has emerged as a model of low-cost, high-quality, near-universal healthcare.

Part 1 details how health care professionals and leaders have built a system with an emphasis on primary care and prevention.

Part 2 highlights the alternatives available in Grand Junction, including hospice care and a free clinic for the uninsured.

Part 3 features a video on the healthcare system in Grand Junction, and details of the savings.

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