As part of an Atlanta-Journal Constitution series on nursing homes, “The Bottom Line of Caring,” the newspaper’s Web site built and published a wonderful searchable nursing home guide that let users research specific homes in detail, including checking what each nursing home in Georgia spends on its patients and how staffing levels at homes compare. CyberJournalist.net asked Adrian Holovaty, ajc.com’s assistant database editor, to describe how and why the Nursing Home Guide was built. Continue reading…
