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Wall Street Journal's Maurice Tamman talks about the quest to get the Medicare claims database during #ahcj11

Michael Lemole Jr., M.D., neurosurgeon who treated U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, reflects on the media spotlight during #ahcj11

Members John Lister, Duncan Moore & Mark Taylor pony up donations to AHCJ at the awards luncheon #ahcj11

Kelley Weiss demonstrates holding a microphone during a panel on adding multimedia elements to stories. #ahcj11

CMS Administrator Donald Berwick announced a website featuring a "treasure trove" of health data on Thursday.

Standing room only for Berwick briefing

Criteria for good health care reporting, with @garyschwitzer of @HealthNewsRevu in 2nd workshop at #ahcj11

An attendee asks about the methodology behind the Hospital Compare data at the mapping workshop at #ahcj11.

Attendees at the day's first workshop, "Mapping and charting health in your area," with Jeff Porter & Frank Bass.

Attendees are checking in at the #ahcj11 registration desk. Workshop on mapping health is coming up!

The sun has come out for the first day of #ahcj11

First load of boxes for #ahcj11

Conference programs #ahcj11

AHCJ staff fueling up for #ahcj11

Society Hill for #ahcj11

Dennis Berens is president of the National Rural Health Association #ruralhealth

Timothy D. McBride is professor & associate dean/public health, Brown School, Washington University #ruralhealth

Rosemary McKenzie is minority health liaison for the National Rural Health Association #ruralhealth

Christopher M. Kelly is asst. professor of gerontology at University of Nebraska #ruralhealth