House passes sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul Nov 8, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory. U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington November 7, 2009. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Government's Heavy Hand Nov 7, 2009
How to fix health policy. Government's Heavy HandSocialized medicine intrudes on the march against Obamacare. (Slate)
New statement outlines ATS positions on research, education, advocacy Nov 6, 2009
Lee K. Brown, M.D., lead author of the statement and immediate-past chair of the ATS Health Policy Committee, calls the document a "marching order" that seeks to put the Society's guiding mission, vision and values into operation. "The statement is essentially a plan going forward as to how to put our organizational ideals into practice," he said. (EurekAlert!)
Turner brings experience from national platform to Vanderbilt University Nov 4, 2009
For Dr. William Turner, spending a year as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in a U.S. Senate office seemed like an excellent opportunity to be involved in federal health policy ... For Dr. William Turner, spending a year as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in a U.S. Senate office seemed like an excellent opportunity to be involved in federal health policy. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Letter: Helpful nuisance ordinances common, can aid community Nov 4, 2009
professor of health policy and administration. Previous article: Next article: More stories from The Daily Collegian Online. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Health policy: Pick the right fit Nov 2, 2009
MUMBAI: Studies reveal that those who buy health insurance not only protect themselves from financial shocks but also lead healthier lives. A survey by TNS on behalf of soon-to-be launched health insurance company Max Bupa, has discovered that health insurance policyholders tend to spend more on routine check-ups, sugar tests, vitamin tablets and so on to stay healthy which translates into better lifestyle. (India Times)
Business events Nov 1, 2009
Topic: COBRA, Workers Comp and Your Group Health Policy. Speakers; Steve Hall, president, East Coast Insurors; Gregg Gerlach, HarperGerlach. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Uh-Oh. These New CBO Numbers Spell Death for the Public Option. Oct 31, 2009
How to fix health policy. Public Option, RIP. (Slate)
Obama names 110 White House visitors Oct 31, 2009
Advocates and nonprofit leaders include National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is interested in health policy. Democratic donor and businessman George Soros visited with White House aides twice. (MSNBC -- Politics)
More of a Web world for print journalists Oct 31, 2009
With initial funding from the , Weintraub also is venturing into the world of online journalism, creating and editing an independent, nonpartisan California health policy Web site ... I will be covering health policy and other health-related issues (environment, land-use, transportation, economic policy) in the Legislature and other places around the state, Weintraub wrote in an e-mail. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Michigan panel debates stem cell research bills Oct 30, 2009
The bills discussed in the Senate Health Policy Committee would establish reporting requirements and penalties for violations related to Proposal 2, which Michigan voters approved in 2008. The measure loosened state restrictions on embryonic stem cell research by allowing people to donate embryos left over from fertility treatments. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Pro & Con: Should health policy include taxing unhealthy foods, drinks? Oct 27, 2009
Pro Should health policy include taxing unhealthy foods, drinks ... Pro Should health policy include taxing unhealthy foods, drinks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
3rd helpings Oct 27, 2009
"The irony is that if you give people complete and unadulterated choice they eat a narrower range of food simply because they can - you can eat burgers every day if you like" says Professor Martin Caraher, professor of food and health policy at City University London. He is concerned about all-you-can-eat restaurants. (BBC News -- UK)
Scooting green Oct 23, 2009
This has implications for health policy as the Chinese increasingly eat a more Western-style, high-fat diet. It also has emissions consequences if low-pollution electric bikes become so cheap that they replace not just high-pollution petrol motorbikes but zero-pollution bicycles as well. (BBC News -- Science)
The Wall Street Lyin' Journal Oct 23, 2009
How to fix health policy. The Wall Street Lyin' JournalThe Journal editorial page's whoppers about public-option polls. (Slate)
Sexual problems rarely addressed by internists caring for cancer survivors Oct 22, 2009
"Sexual dysfunction is an important quality-of-life issue that many cancer survivors struggle with," says Elyse Park, PhD, MPH, of the MGH Institute for Health Policy, who led the study ... Co-authors of the Journal of General Internal Medicine article are Eric Campbell, PhD, MGH Institute for Health Policy; Sharon Bober, PhD, Christopher Recklitis, PhD, MPH, and Lisa Diller, MD, Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH, University of Colorado... (EurekAlert!)
Sun Rises in East, Sets in West Oct 21, 2009
How to fix health policy. Sun Rises in East, Sets in WestWhy the Washington Post is hyping the public option. (Slate)
Childhood ADHD Linked to Criminal Behavior in Adults Oct 21, 2009
The findings, believed to be the first evidence of a link between ADHD and criminal activity, were published online Sept. 30 in the Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. "While much research has shown links between ADHD and short-term educational outcomes, this research suggests significant longer-term consequences in other domains, such as criminal activities," study lead author Jason M. Fletcher, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, said in a university news... (MEDLINEplus)
Obama's bite Oct 20, 2009
Supporters try to put some bite into Obama's persona. Supporters believe Barack Obama needs a tougher image. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Biting the Hand Oct 20, 2009
How to fix health policy. Biting the HandThe "senator from Aetna" fights for the public option. (Slate)
Catos Tanner: Medicare Will Be Cut Oct 18, 2009
Jim Cooper, a conservative Tennessee Democrat who teaches health policy, told The New York Times. Special: Get Sarah Palins New Book Incredible FREE Offer. (Newsmax)
ESC press statement : Cigarettes on sale on the internet Oct 17, 2009
"While I understand that the alleged motive is that the French government needs to align itself with the European directive and the need to tackle the monopoly of cigarette retail in France, this move contradicts years of health policy to reduce tobacco consumption. There is clear evidence that an increase in tobacco retail price and restricted access to cigarettes have led to less people smoking, with important health benefits. The government needs to take action to continue its previous policy... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Benson resigns as head of AHCA Oct 17, 2009
An interim leader of the state s chief health policy and planning entity has not yet been named ... Crist appointed Benson to lead the health policy agency in February 2008. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Furious Democrats Scheme To Scrap the Insurance Industry's Antitrust Exemption Oct 16, 2009
How to fix health policy. Busted TrustDemocrats to health insurers: "Nice little antitrust exemption you've got there. Wouldn't want anything to happen to it.". (Slate)
Stanford study: Early flu shots save lives, money Oct 14, 2009
She also is an associate at Stanford's Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research. "The study makes a compelling case for the benefits of vaccinating sooner rather than later" relative to current concerns over the H1N1 flu virus, a Stanford press release said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Zimbabwe: ICC and Nobel Peace Prize Oct 13, 2009
He is struggling with his public health policy at home, is fast losing the war in Afghanistan, has failed to pull troops out of Iraq as he promised during his election campaign, and he is yet to pull his country out of the global financial crisis. With this unenviable record, Obama still made it to number one out of the 205 shortlisted candidates whose negatives must clearly have overshadowed this gloomy record of the 48-year-old United States president. (allAfrica.com)
New leadership team announced for N.O. housing Oct 10, 2009
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Vice Dean of Community Affairs and Health Policy, Tulane University School of Medicine. Martin Gutierrez, Executive Director Neighborhood and Community Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. (WWLTV.com, LA)
ReachMD XM 160 Announces Two New Radio Programming Series - Featuring the New England Journal of Medicine Oct 10, 2009
Discussions explore a wide variety of subjects such as research breakthroughs, emerging treatment options, ethical dilemmas, and health policy issues. In addition to airing regularly on ReachMDs XM Satellite Radio Channel 160, each program will stream to computers through internet at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Is Congress Giving States Too Much Power on Health-Care Reform? Oct 7, 2009
"To leave a lot of these responsibilities to the states will create a patchwork mess," says Jacob Hacker, a political science professor and health policy expert at Yale and a longtime champion of the public option ... "It's not whether they can or can't establish an exchange ," says Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a non-partisan, non-profit organization ... "What's been impossible to effectively regulate are these complicated rating rules," says... (Time.com)
Letter: Greek leader's vow picks up where predecessors failed Oct 7, 2009
professor and department head, health policy and administration. Previous article: Next article: More stories from The Daily Collegian Online. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Activists push to end smoking ban exemption Oct 7, 2009
Coalition members include Blue Cross of Idaho, Boise State University Center for Health Policy, the American Cancer Society and more than a dozen other health groups. Following Idaho's 2004 ban on smoking in most public places, efforts to expand the prohibition have had mixed results. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Dahlberg to run for state Senate Oct 7, 2009
His professional background is in health policy; he currently works at the Health Connector, established in 2006 to implement the state s healthcare reform law. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as a staffer to Massachusetts Senate Republican leader Brian Lees. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Brambles names new chief Oct 6, 2009
A new men's health policy is expected to herald a shift away from blaming men for their poor health. 00001E6A. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Dear Santa, give WA jobs for Christmas Oct 6, 2009
" Interest rates were considered the biggest influence on businesses' outlook for the December quarter, with 36 per cent of executives ranking it as the primary influence. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to announce the next set of inter 00004000 est rates later today. Meanwhile, 30 per cent of executives ranked wages growth as the primary influence and 15 per cent believed fuel prices would be their main concern. In Western Australia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's own... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Quinn forms Ill. nursing home task force Oct 6, 2009
The task force will be led by Michael Gelder, a former deputy director who became Quinn s senior adviser on health policy in June. The task force formation comes after a showing that elderly and disabled nursing home residents were allegedly assaulted, raped and murdered by mentally ill criminals also living in the facilities. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Will Wall Street Bet on Your Life? Oct 6, 2009
If Wall Street is allowed to or the terminally ill, some worry it could not only strain the insurance industry, but also create a market for shady brokers to prey on the sick and elderly while adversely affecting the health policy of the nation. 1. (ABC News)
Fraternity honors Thon child Oct 5, 2009
Patel (senior-premedicine and health policy administration) inducted Isaac as the fraternity's first honorary member. A fraternity member lit a maroon candle with a white candle to symbolize the strength and courage of Isaac and his battle with cancer as part of the induction ceremony. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Policy on baking restricts campus groups Oct 5, 2009
Enforcement of health policy on baking restricts student groups. By Staff Reporter. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Illinois governor forms nursing home safety panel Oct 4, 2009
Quinn announced the task force on Saturday and named his senior health policy advisor, Michael Gelder, to head the panel. Six state agencies and departments will participate in the task force. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Half-million low-income elderly affected by sweeping cuts to state safety net Oct 2, 2009
These are some of the hundreds of thousands of low-income seniors who are likely to lose income and some of the tens of thousands who will also lose some or all of the in-home and supportive care they rely on as budget cuts resulting from California's 2009 fiscal crisis go into effect starting Oct. 1, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research ... "Our research finds that the state cuts to long-term care services are driven primarily by a quest for saving dollars... (EurekAlert!)
The American Way of Dentistry Oct 2, 2009
Chester Douglass, emeritus professor in the department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard's School of Dental Medicine, puts it this way: "If you want to buy a good, inexpensive car, Volkswagen proved you could do it, then other people started being able to do it." The Volkswagen of dentistry has yet to be built. In 2007, the difficulty Medicaid recipients experience acquiring dental treatment hit the news when Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old from Prince George's County, Md. (Slate)
Big Pharma Faces a Crackdown in Europe Oct 1, 2009
Such tactics may help fatten corporate profits, but they hurt consumers, says Ilaria Passarani, health policy officer at the European consumer organization BEUC. "These measures represent a huge cost for patients and healthcare systems," she says. "These major drug companies should be focusing on innovative medicines, but this report says they actually spend 23% of turnover on marketing and promotional activities, a third more than the 17% they spend on research and development.". (Time.com)
Full Story Oct 1, 2009
Crist in 2006 listed Mendelsohn as one of his top 125 doctor donors and later appointed Mendelsohn to a transition panel on health policy. Crist's office had no immediate comment on Mendelsohn's arrest. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Balancing “No Blame” with Accountability in Patient Safety Oct 1, 2009
From the Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco (R.M.W.); and the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Baltimore (P.J.P.). . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Skewed up recovery Sep 30, 2009
"tea parties", health policy meetings, protests and proclamations. In the United States, the national gross domestic product - the broad value of final goods and services sold in America - will grow in the third quarter of 2009. (Asia Times Online)
Should Americans Shop for Health Care the Way They Shop for Shoes? Sep 30, 2009
How to fix health policy. Talk to the Invisible HandThe promises and perils of treating patients more like consumers. (Slate)
Minorities, Women Gain Professionally Sep 30, 2009
Health policy researcher Kevin Grumbach pointed out that most of that gain was among Asians, many of whom were born abroad. The nation's share of black and Hispanic doctors did not budge over the decade, and their medical school enrollment has dropped since the mid-1990s as affirmative action programs have been curtailed. (Yahoo News -- Census)
It Does Matter If You Are Black Or White - Even Now Sep 26, 2009
He had before the Letterman interview made a bold comment on race, in reaction to peoples appreciation of his health policy reforms, that there were Americans who voted for him because of his colour, and there are those who did not vote for him because he was black. These were some of the very few occasions that Obama had played the race card. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
State lawmakers’ flip-flop distasteful but necessary Sep 22, 2009
Alan B. Cohen Boston The writer is a professor of health policy and management and executive director of the Boston University Health Policy Institute. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Baucus Open to Changes in Health-Care Bill to Meet Democrats' Concerns Sep 18, 2009
Health policy experts say an excise tax could help curb health spending overall by discouraging the purchase of lavish plans that lead to overuse of the health care system. The levy would also raise $215 billion over the next decade or about one-quarter of the cost of the bill. (Time.com)
Soda drinking among children in the Imperial Valley a concern, study shows Sep 18, 2009
7 percent of children between the ages of 2 and 11 in Imperial County drink one or more sodas per day, according to findings by the University of California Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. This represents the highest incidence for this age group in the state, according to the study. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Overdiagnosis Since Introduction Of Prostate Cancer Screening Sep 15, 2009
Using data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., MPH, of the White River Junction VA and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. and Peter C. Albertsen, M.D., of the University of Connecticut, examined age-specific prostate cancer incidence rates to determine the excess (or deficit) in the number of American men diagnosed and treated in each year after 1986. (Science Daily)
Doctors Like The Public Option! Sep 15, 2009
How to fix health policy. Doctors Like the Public Option. (Slate)
Does The Distance A Patient Has To Travel Affect Where They Choose To Get Their Care? Sep 15, 2009
"Based on results of previous studies, patient outcomes should be improved with centralization of cancer surgery, however, we are concerned that the long distances patients may need to travel will serve as a barrier to access to high volume centers," says Karyn Stitzenberg, M.D., M.P.H., who led the study while at Fox Chase and is currently adjunct assistant professor for the Department of Health Policy and Management at University of North Carolina. "Centralization at high volume centers comes... (Science Daily)
Click to read:When Honesty is the Best Health Policy Sep 13, 2009
When Honesty is the Best Health Policy - CBS Evening News - CBS News ... When Honesty is the Best Health Policy ... A new policy of honesty and apology health policy has proven to be a shrewd business practice for one hospital system. (CBS News)
Childs broken elbow goes undetected in school Sep 12, 2009
A mother is giving the school department s health policy a failing grade after her eight-year-old son suffered a broken elbow when he fell outside Wessagusset Primary School on Sept. 3, but administrators insist that proper procedures were followed by the school nurse. Christine Scales, a North Weymouth resident, said the nurse failed to recognize that her son Kyle broke his left elbow even though he was in obvious pain. (Weymouth News, MA)
Conference focuses on food Sep 11, 2009
Speakers include Sandra Eskin of Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute, food law expert Donna Byrne, State Epidemiologist Tracy Murphy, strategist Mike McCallum of the National Restaurant Association and Devin Koontz of the FDA, among many others. Session topics include local food, food safety law, healthy eating, community supported agriculture, food labels, health/food fraud issues, and more. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Let's Pay Doctor Sep 11, 2009
How to fix health policy ... "It's not necessarily that I'm paying this doctor $2 more and this one $2 less," says Ellen-Marie Whelan, a health policy analyst at the Center for American Progress. (Slate)
One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Offers Protection: Studies Sep 11, 2009
"At least in adults, this doesn't appear to be the case. This has important implications for public health policy as it would increase the number of people who could be vaccinated and also improve logistics by not having to bring most people back for a second shot, " he said. For the trial, Greenberg and colleagues tested the vaccine in 240 people both under and over 50 years of age. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
K-12 Education Should Include Engineering, Experts Say Sep 11, 2009
They are independent, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under an 1863 congressional charter. A committee roster follows. (Science Daily)
Triggernometry Sep 10, 2009
How to fix health policy. TriggernometryOlympia Snowe's mechanism for compromise has a sorry history. (Slate)
KHPA gets $40M grant for computer system Sep 5, 2009
Health Policy Authority receives grants for uninsured, computers - Wichita Business Journal ... Health Policy Authority receives grants for uninsured, computers. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
What That NYT Story Missed About the Katrina Hospital Tragedy Sep 5, 2009
How to fix health policy. The Other Katrina Hospital MysteryWhat that New York Times Magazine story missed about the Memorial Medical Center tragedy. (Slate)
Ex-Mayor Enters Race Against Bilbray Sep 4, 2009
Roberts, who is openly gay, works as a health policy official for an international nonprofit association and previously was an executive at a Fortune 500 company before founding and running a successful employee-owned business. July 6, 12 a.m.. (Roll Call)
The GOP's Fake Doctor Council Sep 4, 2009
How to fix health policy. The GOP's Fake Doctor CouncilHow Obamacare opponents scam physicians and the public. (Slate)
