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Awards
Review writer wins health care journalism award
May 11, 2004
By Review staff
Daily Business Review staff reporter Steve Ellman has won the $10,000 National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation health care journalism award for a series of articles he wrote about expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases.
Ellman was the first in the nation to report on the orchestrated effort by the Florida Medical Association and other medical associations around the country to chill medical experts from testifying for plaintiffs in malpractice cases.
Ellman reported that with the support of the American Medical Association, physician groups in Florida and across the country are stepping up scrutiny and pressure on their colleagues who testify in malpractice cases. In some cases, medical associations are taking disciplinary action against expert witnesses.
Ellman won in the trade publication category. An honorable mention went to Mary Chris Jaklevic of Modern Healthcare.
In the general circulation category, the winner was a series titled “Who Gets Health Care” in the Wall Street Journal. In addition, honorable mentions went to the Wall Street Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The NIHCM Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of America's health care system.
The judges for the contest were John Iglehart, editor of Health Affairs; Alan Murray, Washington bureau chief of CNBC; Jeff Nesmith, a writer for Cox Newspapers; and Fred Schulte, investigations editor at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The awards will be presented at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on May 25.
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