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Shared Decision Making a Hot Topic at Health Journalism 2012 Conference
Last week the Association of Health Care Journalists held their Health Journalism 2012 conference in Atlanta, GA. Each year the conference seeks to provide context and clarity around health care issues that have taken center stage thanks to advances in medicine, political activity and public interest. So it's no surprise that shared decision making was a hot topic at this year’s conference. Dr. Michael J. Barry, president of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, was a member of the panel A reporter’s guide to medical decision making. Continue reading
3,500 Story Reviews and Blog Posts Later: Lessons from HealthNewsReview.org
I’ve been fortunate to be the Publisher of HealthNewsReview.org, leading a team of physicians, researchers, journalists and others trained in the evaluation of evidence as we try to improve the public dialogue about health care in the US. The team has evaluated more than 1,800 stories, applying 10 criteria that we think address issues that consumers need addressed whenever they hear claims about health care interventions. Nearly 70% of the 1,800+ stories we’ve reviewed get unsatisfactory grades for covering costs, and for quantifying harms and benefits. Continue reading
Shared Decision Making Month Contributor Spotlight: Gary Schwitzer
Gary has specialized in health care journalism in his more than 30-year career in radio, television, interactive multimedia and the Internet. He is publisher of the website HealthNewsReview.org, leading a team of more than two dozen people who grade daily health news reporting by major U.S. news organizations. Previously, Gary was a tenured professor on the faculty of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, teaching health journalism and media ethics. Prior to that, he was the founding Editor-In-Chief of the MayoClinic.com consumer health website. Continue reading
