About
Jan Greene - Freelance writer and journalist
About me:
I’m a freelance writer with a newspaper reporting background. I’ve been a reporter and writer for more than 25 years. Mostly I write about health care, consumer health and medical science. In particular, I’m interested in helping people understand our crazy, mixed-up health care system.
Consumer Health:
Articles in the Los Angeles Times Health section on how to stay safe in the hospital, why to choose a tech-savvy doctor and whether to use an electronic personal health record
Local Coverage and Online Writing:
Daily “Five Things You Need to Know” about life in Alameda for the Alameda Patch online news website
Article on questions about the local district hospital for the Island of Alameda news blog (October 2010)
Article about economic ups and downs at the Oakland Airport for the East Bay Express (April 2010)
Health Care Reform Writing
In-depth research and report-writing about the potential for national health care reform to improve access to affordable health insurance coverage for small businesses (throughout 2009)
Health Policy Writing
Chief writing and organizing for state of Oregon’s 200-page strategic and operational plans to carry out electronic health information exchange throughout the state (August 2010)
Co-author of article about the importance of hastening medication reconciliation to track patients’ drug lists throughout their care in and out of the hospital, Society of Hospital Medicine journal (October 2010)
Articles on health policy for Annals of Emergency Medicine (2007 to October 2010)
Books
Legacy of Healing, the story of a unique medical practice established in Modesto, California in the 1950s and patterned after the Mayo Clinic (2009)
History of the Dotter Interventional Institute in Portland, Oregon, where many important innovations in interventional radiology took place starting in the 1960s (2005)
Personal Essays
Monthly column for the Alameda Sun about my life as the mother of a young child (2003-2004)
Awards
Second place in the national awards competition of the Association of Health Care Journalists (trade publication category) for a story in Trustee magazine about the financial troubles of small hospitals