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Finalists Announced for NIHCM Foundation’s 15th Annual Health Care Print Journalism Award

April 27th 2009

NIHCM Foundation would like to congratulate the finalists of its 15th Annual Health Care Print Journalism Award.  The finalists in each category are:

General Circulation

1. Carolyn Abraham, Erin Anderssen, Tenille Bonoguore, Elizabeth Renzetti, Andre Picard, Dawn Walton, The Globe and Mail, “Breakdown: Canada’s Mental Health Crisis”
2. John Carreyrou, Barbara Martinez and Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal, "Nonprofit Hospitals"
3. Jonathan Cohn, SELF Magazine, “Insurance Denied”
4. James Drew and Fred Schulte, The Baltimore Sun, “In Their Debt"
5. Steve Eder and Julie M. McKinnon, The Blade, “Not What the Doctor Ordered”
6. Kevin McCoy and Erik Brady, USA Today, “Rx for Errors”
7. Lynn Medford, The Washington Post, “Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children”
8. Sharon Salyer and Alejandro Dominguez, The Herald, “Alone Among Us”
9. The Spotlight Team (Scott Allen, Marcella Bombardieri, Michael Rezendes,Thomas Farragher) and Globe Staff (Liz Kowalczyk and Jeffrey Krasner), The Boston Globe, “The Partners Effect”
10. Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis”
11. Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald, “South Florida’s Medicare Racket”

 Trade Publications

1. Rebecca Adams, CQ Weekly, “Progress vs. Privacy”
2. Elyas Bakhtiari, Health Leaders Media, “Model for Success” 
3. Cinda Becker, Modern Healthcare, “Nowhere to Run, Or Hide”
4. John Buntin, Governing Magazine, “Lifeline”
5. John Buntin and Josh Goodman, Governing Magazine, “Markets vs. Mandates”
6. Robert Lowes, Medical Economics Magazine, "Small Practice Evolution"
7. Andis Robeznieks, Modern Healthcare, “Feeling Right at Home”
8. Ken Terry, two entries: Medical Economics “All or Nothing Could be Here to Stay” and Hospitals and Health Networks “Will PHRs Rule the Waves or Roll out with the Tide?”
9. Jill Wechsler, Pharmaceutical Executive, “Smooth Sailing for Orphans”
10. Jen Fisher Wilson, Annals of Internal Medicine, State-based health care reform
11. Shelley Wood, the Heart.org (by WebMD), “The Myxo Ring Mix-Up”   

Please CLICK HERE  for more information, including links to the finalist articles and competition criteria.