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• 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

• Prison Reporting: Tips, Sources and Documents

  Prendergast provides tips on writing prison stories such as: where to find unusual sources, inside and outside prisons; different kinds of prison stories (medical, business and politics can all be possibilities); and information trails that may lead you to budgets, labor relations files and coroner's reports - all having to do with prisons and great starting points for stories.

  Tags: Criminal justice; prisons; private prisons; health care

  By Alan Prendergast

  2005

• Where to dig for great stories on hospitals, doctors and patients

  Those covering a health issue will find this tipsheet helpful for identifying documents to obtain and what to look for on those documents. Steele and Heisel suggest backgrounding doctors and the hospital itself to make sure they are meeting their clams in patient care.

  Tags: doctor; patient; hospital; health; clinic; inspection; record; disciplinary

  By Jim Steele, William Heisel

  2005

• 20 tips for using open records laws

  This tipsheet offers a host of tips on how to obtain and use open records, from tactics to legal requirements to good journalistic practice.

  Tags: FOIA; Freedom of Information Act; open records; public records; HIPAA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; documents

  By Jennifer LaFleur; Joe Adams

  2004

• The Perils of HIPAA

  This tipsheet gives guidelines in health communication and reporting. It gives tips on the HIPAA statute and the release of information on protected health records.

  Tags: health reports; confidentiality of health records; health documents

  By Peter Canfield

  2004

• Investigating health care: Essential public records

  This tipsheet offers a massive list of available public records that would be a boost to any reporter covering health care. Links to other sources of information are included, as well as some "tricks of the trade." The end of the tipsheet is a sample of some documents.

  Tags: None

  By Michael J. Berens

  2004

• Investigating Health Care: Essential Public Records

  Documents are at the core of any good investigation, and health care investigations are no different. Michael Berens lists some of the most important documents for any reporter looking to dig deeper into the American hospital system. He even includes excerpts from some of the documents on he list so that they are more easily recognizable for reporters just getting started.

  Tags: medicine; healthcare; health care; health; Medical; doctors

  By Michael J. Berens

  2003

• Yes, You CAN Get These in Connecticut

  Reitz lists key documents that are public information and can provide journalists with useful details and facts.

  Tags: cell phones; motor vehicles; dog licenses; city employees salaries; records of delinquencies; municipal and education budgets; health inspections; police dispatch and incident stats; FOI

  By Stephanie Reitz

  2003

• Legal Tips for Investigative Reporting

  Here's some lawyerly advice on when use of hidden cameras are appropriate, necessary and importantly -- legally defensible

  Tags: public access; fairness; public health; news gathering; email security breach; keeping documents from a source; solicit to break law; gag motion; lawyers

  By Rick Myers, Neal Shapiro, Guylyn Cummins, Richard Goehler, Mary Ellen Roy

  2001

• Taking the Temperature of Your Local Hospital

  Includes sources for the medical reporter, story ideas and information on helpful medical document research.

  Tags: medical reporting; medical documents

  By Dave Davis; Rick Linsk

  1998