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European Health Care Journalists - Coventry 2011

A two-day conference, with some of the highlights captured inTweets.

  1. ivanoransky
    Most of the criteria we use to select patient case histories are media-centric, not patient-centered, says Illman #ahcj11uk
    ivanoransky
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:01:52
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  2. charlesornstein
    John Illman of Medical Journalists Assn. says media exploit patient case histories. They are not helpful and lack context. #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:06:35
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  3. Job sadness "Fmr Guardian health ed John Illman on kinds of patient case histories editors want (sadly) #ahcj11uk http://yfrog.com/ki2xngj"
    louisenathanson
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:04:13
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  4. charlesornstein
    Illman: "Our agenda and the patients' agenda are not one and the same." #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:07:25
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  5. ivanoransky
    Study of Estonian health coverage finds that stories tend toward illness rather than health #ahcj11uk
    ivanoransky
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 07:06:14
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  6. charlesornstein
    Spanish health journo Esther Paniagua: A 2009 Spanish survey showed the public wanted health/science news more than sports! #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 07:16:11
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  7. ivanoransky
    RT @charlesornstein: Paniagua: specialized health journos can fall into the trap of jargon. Need to avoid. #ahcj11uk
    ivanoransky
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 07:24:09
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  8. charlesornstein
    Paniagua: In Spain, problem of "infoxication," or health information overload. Same in U.S. #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 07:22:45
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  9. EvidenceMatters
    RT @ivanoransky: There were more than 3 million tweets about swine flu between May 2009 and March 2010, says @stlouisc #ahcj11uk
    EvidenceMatters
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 06:39:45
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  10. ivanoransky
    Top 2 RT'd tweets about swine flu were from The Onion http://onion.com/mKuE3n and about Susan Boyle #ahcj11uk
    ivanoransky
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 06:44:42
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  11. charlesornstein
    Interestingly, @stlouisc found twitter drives media coverage, not the other way around. #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 06:42:19
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  12. charlesornstein
    .@ivanoransky says some peer-reviewed studies are questioned right after release. Beginnings of post-publication peer review? #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 11:08:26
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  13. croakeyblog
    RT @charlesornstein: .@ivanoransky talks about how institutions use embargoes to manipulate the flow of scientific information. #ahcj11uk
    croakeyblog
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 19:10:48
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  14. charlesornstein
    RT @ivanoransky: #ahcj11uk RT @stlouisc: John lister - health policy should be reported with the same rigour and quest for completeness as medical research
    charlesornstein
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 06:01:13
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  15. The__Connection
    @charlesornstein showing examples of investigative health care writing at #ahcj11uk - so important to have this kind of reporting!
    The__Connection
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 08:50:19
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  16. SCollinsJourno
    @garyschwitzer gives a fascinating, and scary, revealing of the truth behind the health headlines.#cuhc, #healthintheheadlines, #ahcj11uk
    SCollinsJourno
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 10:08:43
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  17. charlesornstein
    .@garyschwitzer suggests message, "All screening tests cause harm; some may do good." #ahcj11uk
    charlesornstein
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 10:03:50
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  18. garyschwitzer
    Coventry U's John Lister says our HealthNewsReview 10 criteria could be applied to health policy claims as well. I agree. #ahcj11uk
    garyschwitzer
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 05:49:27
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  19. The__Connection
    And here are the Health News Review 10 Criteria, as shared here at #ahcj11uk by Gary Schwitzer - http://t.co/UUx7E7P
    The__Connection
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 06:43:25
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  20. ivanoransky
    Portuguese law requires journalists to disclose if they went on drug company junkets #ahcj11uk 1/2
    ivanoransky
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:23:14
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  21. ivanoransky
    And yet in Switzerland, Novartis has junkets about diabetes for reporters after which reporters have to name Novartis #ahcj11uk 2/2
    ivanoransky
    Thu, Jun 23 2011 06:25:05
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  22. zakspade
    RT @SCollinsJourno: New shame/insult for journalists that are churnalists! Dont just churn out press releases says president of NUJ #cuhc, #ahcj11uk
    zakspade
    Fri, Jun 24 2011 09:44:29
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  23. itato
    RT @DJSoup: Presentations from European health journalism conference will be posted at http://www.europeanhealthjournalism.com/ #cuhc #ahcj11uk
    itato
    Sun, Jun 26 2011 17:55:54
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