Congratulations to the Finalists for NIHCM Foundation's 17th Annual Health Care Print Journalism Awards

General Circulation

And the winner is:

Marshall Allen, Alex Richards, Las Vegas Sun staff, Las Vegas Sun, "Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas" (series): 6/27/10, 8/8/10, 9/19/10, 11/14/10, 12/26/10.

Finalists:

1. Sue Goetinck Ambrose, Reese Dunklin, Brooks Egerton, Miles Moffeit, The Dallas Morning News, "First, Do No Harm" (series): March 25-December 24, 2010.
2. Michael J. Berens, The Seattle Times, "Seniors for Sale" (series): 1/31/10, 2/1/10, 2/2/10, 9/12/10, 9/13/10, 12/12/10.
3. David Brown, Christian Davenport, Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post, "Confronting the Wounds of War" (series): 7/18/10, 10/3/10, 10/17/10, 10/30/10, 11/2/10, 11/28/10, 12/26/10, 12/31/10.
4. John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Side Effects" (series): 3/14/10, 3/21/10, 5/30/10, 8/29/10, 11/28/10, 12/27/10.
5. Amy Harmon, The New York Times, "Target Cancer" (series): 2/22/10, 2/23/10, 2/24/10, 9/19/10, 12/27/10.
6. Beth Hundsdorfer, George Pawlaczyk, Belleville News-Democrat, "Workers' comp at Menard" (series): December 12, 2010-February 13, 2011.
7. Gina Kolata, The New York Times, "The Vanishing Mind" (series): 6/24/10 (1), 6/24/10 (2), 7/13/10, 8/29/10, 10/31/10, 12/14/10, 12/18/10.
8. Sam Roe, Jared S. Hopkins, Chicago Tribune, "Deadly Neglect" (series): 10/8/10, 10/10/10.
9. Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Inside the Health Care Crucible" (series): 2/28/10, 3/8/10, 4/4/10, 5/2/10, 5/24/10, 7/4/10, 8/4/10, 8/10/10, 10/17/10, 12/26/10.
10. The Wall Street Journal staff (Mark Schoofs, Maurice Tamman, Anna Wilde Mathews, Tom McGinty, John Carrreyrou, Barbara Martinez), The Wall Street Journal, "Secrets of the System" (series): 4/27/10, 5/13/10, 9/29/10, 10/25/10, 10/27/10, 12/8/10, 12/20/10, 12/22/10.

Trade Publications

And the winner is:

Joe Carlson, Modern Healthcare, "Bad for business"

Finalists:

1. John Buntin, Governing Magazine, "Dueling Diagnoses"
2. Jeff Day, Peyton M. Sturges, BNA's Health Law Report, "Special Report: A BNA Examination Into the Potential Impact of Electronic Health Record Evidence in Malpractice Litigation"
3. Maureen McKinney, Modern Healthcare, "Coaching with care"
4. H. Steven Moffic, MD, Behavioral Healthcare, "Better off in Prison?"
5. Dave Scheiber, Physician Executive Journal, "Meet Larry Riddles: A Doctor for Disasters"
6. Lisa Scott, Hospitals & Health Networks, "It's All About the Outcomes"
7. Sibyl Shalo, The American Journal of Nursing, "The War on Tuberculosis: Foot soldiers win a battle against resistance"
8. Rebecca Vesely, Modern Healthcare, "For good behavior"