US Health Care: The Good News - PBS Special to air on MPT 2-29-12 at 10pm

On February 15, 2012 our Health Policy Fellow and our Health Policy Graduate Student Assistant attended a preview of the PBS Special “US Health Care: The Good News” followed by a panel of experts discussing health policy. Here is their commentary from the event. Quality Care for Less Money: Can Regional Success Go National? (Commentary [...]

Len M. Nichols testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on “Putting Health Care Spending on a Sustainable Path” February 29, 2012

Len M. Nichols testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on “Putting Health Care Spending on a Sustainable Path”    On February 29, 2012 at 10am Len M. Nichols testified before the Senate Budget Committee. He  discussed “Putting Health Care Spending on a Sustainable Path”.  Click Putting Health Care Spending On a Sustainable Path to read Len [...]

Want Affordable Health Care? Get to the Gym

Want Affordable Health Care?  Get to the Gym by Colleen Tallant                 Health Care Reform has been primarily focused on the changes that need to occur within healthcare systems.  The three part aim of increased health care quality, better health and reduction in costs has been a challenge for this country.  The Cleveland Clinic has [...]

Seminar Series Co-Sponsored by CHPRE and HAP presents Social Media and Health Care 2-23-12

Social Media and Health Care On February 23, 2012, The Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and the Department of Health Administration and Policy hosts the Seminar Series.  Dr. Priya Nambisan presents her talk titled Social Media and Health Care.    The confluence of social media and health care has garnered considerable interest among [...]

Soda: Incognito

Courtesy of Wiki Common Images Soda: Incognito by Colleen Tallant                 Which is better for you, a soda or a beer?  Most of you will probably answer; “Come on, a soda.  It can’t get you into trouble if you’re drinking one in public, there’s no risk of a DUI charge and cirrhosis of the liver [...]

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Through the Looking Glass: Required Transparency of Payments to Doctors by Drug and Device Companies

Through the Looking Glass: Required Transparency of Payments to Doctors by Drug and Device Companies  By Caryn Sever In 1983, the British sketch comedy group Monty Python created the satire movie “