I-Team Blotter
Kaiser Report: CT Medicare Costs Sixth Highest In Nation
Little Progress Made On Health Disparities, New Report Shows
Settlement: Depakote Maker Injects $6 Million Into State Coffers
Nursing Homes Fined For Patient Death, Failure To Administer Drugs
Two Connecticut Doctors Lose Licenses in New York State
Over 500 Docs And Nurses Providing Care In Medical Homes
Medical Board Reprimands Doctor, Physician Assistant
Smaller Hospitals Struggle With Deficits
Nursing Homes Fined For Choking Death, Weight Loss
Breast Cancer Gene Patent Case Heads Back To Appeals Court
Medical Board Revokes Doctor’s License
Theresa Sullivan Barger reports
Three CT Nursing Homes Make 2012 ‘Honor Roll’
Yale, St. Raphael’s Detail Plans For Merger
Three Nursing Homes Face Fines For Patient Injuries
Medical Board Fines, Restricts Doc’s Surgical License
Contributors
Our Writers
Lisa Chedekel, senior writer and co-founder of C-HIT, is an award-winning investigative reporter who wrote for the Hartford Courant for 15 years, covering a wide range of beats, from politics to healthcare. In 1999, she was among a team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting. In 2002, she was among a handful of U.S. journalists who visited Saudi Arabia in the year after 9/11 to report on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. More recently, she co-authored a series on mental health in the military that won a George Polk Award, the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, and was a 2007 finalist for the Pulitzer in Investigative Reporting. Before writing for The Courant, she was a staff writer and columnist for the New Haven Register. You can contact Lisa at chedekel at c-hit.org
Colleen Shaddox is a freelance writer who frequently covers health and medicine. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, BBC, Miller-McCune, The Christian Science Monitor and may other venues. Her writing has won awards from the National Newspaper Association, Catholic Press Association and University of Missouri. Contact Colleen at shaddox at c-hit.org
Magaly Olivero, is a longtime freelance health writer, whose work has appeared in numerous regional and national publications, including Newsweek, Working Woman, Better Homes & Garden, the New Haven Register, the Hartford Courant and many others. Magaly can be reached at molivero at optonline.net.
Peggy McCarthy is a freelance reporter and writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and a variety of other newspapers, magazines and radio stations. She taught journalism at the University of Connecticut and was a State Capitol reporter for the Bridgeport Post and Telegram. E-mail Peggy at mccarthy at c-hit.org
Tom Puleo is an adjunct professor of Communication at Central Connecticut State University and a former veteran Hartford Courant reporter who won several sate and regional awards for his coverage of state prisons, politics, and sports. Contact Tom at trpuleo at c-hit.org.
Kate Farrish spent 23 years at The Hartford Courant, where she worked as a higher education writer, bureau chief and city editor and won state and national awards. She was the 2010 Connecticut election stringer coordinator for the Associated Press and has taught news writing at the University of Connecticut since 2009.
Jennifer Kaylin has worked for many years as a reporter and editor at a variety of newspapers and magazines. She was an Emmy-winning investigative producer at WTNH-TV, the ABC affiliate in New Haven, and provided coverage from New York City of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Most recently she worked as the Web editor at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Theresa Sullivan Barger, who spent nearly 20 years as a staff writer for The Hartford Courant, is an award-winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Yankee, Yale Public Health, The Conference Board, CFO.com, NSBE Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other magazines, newspapers and websites. Contact her at Theresa@TheresaSulllivanBarger.com.
Barbara Puffer is a college professor and award-winning writer and communications consultant. She began her career as a Hartford Times and New Haven Register reporter. An accredited business communicator, she spent 25 years in corporate communications. She has been writing and consulting since 1998 for clients in industry, health care, insurance, and non-profit organizations. An adjunct associate professor and communications course chairperson for University of Maryland University College since 2002, she received the 2011 Faculty Recognition Award. Contact her at barbara@pufferpr.com
Our Interns
Maggie Lohmiller of Foxborough, Mass., is a Quinnipiac University graduate student who is pursuing a career in investigative journalism and was a C-HIT intern during the fall semester. She’s been an avid writer of both non-fiction and fictional works since she was young.
Briana Dudas of Trumbull is a Quinnipiac University student. She graduates in May and hopes to pursue a career in journalism.
Michael Billera of Staten Island, New York, is a Quinnipiac University graduate student and was a C-HIT intern during the fall semester. He received his B.A. in three years from Quinnipiac in Film, Video and Interactive Media.
Our Designers
Jordan Valentine is a freelance web developer, designer and illustrator based in Somerville, MA. A portfolio of her work is
available at www.jordanvalentine.com.
Kyle Summer owns Smartpill Design in New Haven. With a BS in Graphic Design and after more than fifteen years of experience in both the creative and technical aspects of Graphic Design and Marketing, Smartpill Design was formed in early 2004 and has since been serving businesses, non-profit organizations, hyper-local news organizations, individuals, and creative agencies with a wide range of web and print-related services.
Peter Richmond is the founder of GeekLight LLC , a technology consulting and services company based in Boston. Peter is a veteran technology professional with over 15 years of experience in systems integration, software and website development, and data migration and management. For more information, contact info (at) geeklight (dot) com.