Resurrected Schools, and More COVID-19 Private Ed News
Neal McCluskeyBad news grabs a lot more attention than good, and Cato’sCOVID-19 Permanent Private School Closures tracker mainly communicates bad – private schools going out of business, leaving thousands of children educationally homeless. But today we offer some good news, coupled with some news of less clear character.The good news is that 3 schools have been removed from the tracker, bringing closures down from 118 to 115.On September 1 it wasannounced that the Crotched Mountain School in New Hampshire, which serves students with disabilities, was revived after being acquired by an organization called Gersh A...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Why Primary Care Should Run the Healthcare System
By KEN TERRY
(This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Terry’s new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: a New Approach to Medicare for All, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership.)
Many other countries’ healthcare systems outperform ours for one simple reason: They place a much greater emphasis on primary care, which occupies the central place in their systems. “The evidence is that where you have more primary care physicians, where you coordinate care, and where you pay to keep people healthy, you get better outcomes at lower cost,” says David Nash, MD, founding dean of t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Primary Care Healthcare healthcare reform Ken Terry Source Type: blogs
Contemporary Issues in Medical Ethics – 8 Session Course
The Denver-based Academy for Lifelong Learning is offering a low-cost, eight-part course on "Contemporary Issues in Medical Ethics." The course is offered through Zoom on Tuesday mornings from September 15 to November 3, 2020.As we struggle with new et... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 1, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
The AMA Opioid Task Force 2020 Report Should Come as No Surprise to Those Who Follow the Data
Jeffrey A. SingerThe American Medical Association recently released itOpioid Task Force 2020 Report. The Task Force found there was a 37.1 percent decrease in opioid prescriptions between 2014 and 2019; a 64.4 percent increase in the use of state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in the last year (739 million queries in 2019); and hundreds of thousands of physicians accessing continuing medical education courses on opioid prescribing (now mandatory in some states). However, the report states:Despite these efforts, illicitly manufactured fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and stimulants (e.g. methamphetamine...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 31, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Major Medical Association Supports Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Education & Consultation
A growing number of healthcare professional societies have accepted medical aid in dying in their position statements and codes of ethics. But the American Academy of Family Physicians has gone a step further.AAFP has formed a new member interest group... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 30, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
