Dear Friend of KHI:
For more than 10 years, the Kansas Health Institute has provided policymakers with objective information on critical health issues. The quality of our research and analysis has made us a trusted voice at the Statehouse, in state agencies and among organizations dedicated to improving the health of Kansans.
But we believe we can do more.
So,
we”re
launching the KHI News Service
a Web-based resource for state and national health policy information. A single place where you can access both in-depth features and daily reports on urgent and emerging issues.
To ensure the news service is of the highest quality, we have recruited a team of award-winning Kansas journalists to work with our staff of health policy researchers and analysts to produce it.
Headed by Jim McLean, KHI”s vice president for public affairs and a former managing editor at the Topeka Capital-Journal, the news service team includes: Mike Shields, who until recently was the city editor at the Lawrence Journal-World; Dave Ranney, a longtime journalist who has earned a statewide reputation for his in-depth reporting for the Journal-World and The Wichita Eagle; Web Specialist Cathy McNorton; and Sarah Green, a former online editor for The Hutchinson News.
The primary goal of the news service is to improve the health policy discussion in Kansas by connecting the participants and sharing reliable information. We want to go beyond the headlines and beyond the politics to the heart of the issues that challenge us.
But the news service is just one of the ways in which we hope to do that. The KHI Web site has been redesigned to more prominently feature our latest policy reports and to make our publications easier to find. A calendar of upcoming events has been added along with daily reports on developments in national health policy.
Please take a moment to explore the new site. And, while you”re here, subscribe to receive periodic alerts when new features are posted. Of course, there is no cost to subscribe or to access any of the content.
Finally, please help us to make the site more useful by e-mailing us with your feedback at
mailbox@khi.org
Thank you,
Robert F. St. Peter, M.D.
President ‘ CEO