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  • Charles Ornstein Article – GTE

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Sleuths Scope Out Benefits: GTE Seeks Quality at the Right Price 12/24/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News CHAMPAIGN, Ill. If George Crowling put pencil to paper, his job description would read something like this: fortune-teller, penny-pincher, paper pusher and private detective. In short, Mr. Crowling manages health benefits. He is the person charged with finding health insurance programs for thousands of workers at…

  • Robert Davis media fellow

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    Speeding to the rescue can have deadly results Ambulances rack up disproportionate crashes, leading some to doubt value of 'running hot' 03/21/2002 By Robert DavisReprinted with permission of USA Today Denver paramedic Otis McKay Jr. saw the fear in the young woman's eyes just before he mowed her down with his 5-ton ambulance. The seasoned paramedic had seen people die before. But watching 19-year-old Virginia Magalhaes-Rosa trying in vain to outrun his out-of-control ambulance in…

  • Kaiser Media Fellowships Program 2001-2002

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Meeting of 2001/02 Fellows and Fellowship program advisory committeeSunday, May 19-Monday, May 20, 2002 Hotel Accommodations: The Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20037 Sunday, May 19 7:00pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:30pm: Dinner--The Bistro, The Washington Monarch Hotel (at left of hotel lobby) Monday, May 20 8:30 am: Meet in hotel lobby; depart by taxi for Kaiser D.C. office 1450…

  • Kaiser Media Fellowships program: Poynter Institute program, 2001

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    2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships program:Poynter Institute program on computer-assisted health reportingMonday, November 12-Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Location: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 (Tel: 727-821-9494; fax: 727-821-0583; www.poynter.org)Hotel accommodations: The Hilton Hotel, 333 1st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (Tel: 727-894-5000; fax: 727-894-7655) Program Faculty Mike Wendland, Poynter Institute Fellow; Technology Columnist, The Detroit Free Press, Wendland's High Tech Talk, NBC-TV News Channel's weekly technology reports,…

  • Media Fellow Ornstein Patchwork care article

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    Bridging Benefit Gaps Patchwork care makes health solution elusive 04/02/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Although the vast majority of Americans receive health insurance through their employers, by no means is the quality of coverage the same. Just ask Harry and Louise. The fictional middle-aged couple - created by the nation's insurance lobby - helped undermine public confidence in President Clinton's health-care reform proposal through a series of television…

  • See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information – Appendices

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    See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…

  • See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information – Executive Summary

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    See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…

  • Teens Online

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    The third in a series of fact sheets on topics related to children, media and health pulls together the key facts on the amount of time young people spend online; their favorite online activities; how and where young people access the web; and how use varies by age, gender and ethnicity. Key Facts: Key Facts: Children and Video Games

  • The Sacramento Health Rights Hotline

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    The Health Rights Hotline, a four-year pilot consumer assistance programbegun in Sacramento, California in July 1996, provides health plan enrolleeswith information about managed care and helps them resolve difficulties withtheir plans. The Hotline is a program of the non-profit Center for HealthCare Rights, and has been funded by three private health care foundations:the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the California Wellness Foundation,and the Sierra Health Foundation. This demonstration project, located in the Sacramento region in…