Friday Feature: Hillsdale College K –12 Initiatives
Colleen HroncichWhen we first started homeschooling, one of the most amazing resources I found was a K –12 curriculum guide from Hillsdale Academy, a private classical Christian school owned and operated byHillsdale College. It provided book lists for each subject along with a detailed weekly plan to help you map out the year. It was designed for K –12 schools, but it was a helpful guide as we took our baby steps in homeschooling. And it was free, which was an added blessing. Little did I know at the time that Hillsdale would eventually become a leader in both public and privateK –1...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Colorado Poised to Become Sixth State to Allow Patients Access to Prescribing Psychologists
Jeffrey A. SingerAfter passing the Colorado House of Representatives by a vote of 56 –6, the Colorado Senate, last week, unanimously approvedHB 1071, which allows licensed, doctorate ‐level clinical psychologists who undergo additional training to prescribe psychiatric medications to their mental health patients. The House today approved a few changes made in the Senate and sent the bill to Governor Jared Polis for his signature. Governor Polis has expressed support for the proposal and isexpected to sign the bill into law within the next ten days.As I explained in mypolicy brief, prescribing psycholo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
More Cold Water Thrown on Some Alarmist Election Claims
This article is the first to tackle this important question. We examine all states’ district plans before and after th e 2020 round of redistricting at the congressional, state senate, and state house levels. Our primary finding is that there was little retrogression in formerly covered states. In sum, the number of minority ability districts in these states actually rose slightly. We also show that formerly covered states were largely indistinguishable from formerly uncovered states in terms of retrogression. If anything, states unaffected by Shelby County retrogressed marginally more than did states impacted by the rul...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 21, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
The middle road to childhood obesity treatment: Empowering kids with healthy habits
The new American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for childhood obesity have shifted from a “watchful waiting” method to “early and aggressive treatment.” Coverage of the guidelines in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other reputable news outlets have readily accepted this new depiction of childhood obesity as a disorder in need of immediate,
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The middle road to childhood obesity treatment: Empowering kids with healthy habits originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paul Porras, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Surveys
A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SD...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica AARP Abridge AI Advantage American Medical Women's Academy Authenticx Big Sky Care Connect Brad Nichols Buzz CancerCare Care Choice Family Clinic CLARA Analytics Comprehensive Care Solutions Concord Techno Source Type: blogs
3 Simple Ways To Improve Your Sleep
Follow these simple tips from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Sleep Source Type: blogs
How can a diagnosis of Alzheimer ’ s disease help patients and their families? [PODCAST]
This article is sponsored by the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning, an independently owned and operated full-service medical education company that has been developing certified health care education for nearly twenty years. With a special thanks to NAMI Chicago, the accompanying CME activity designed for clinicians in primary care is supported by educational grants from Lilly
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How can a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease help patients and their families? [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Sponsored Neurology Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Prichard Preparatory School
Colleen HroncichIn 2005, Alabama pastor Dr. Ruby Eldridge founded Pure Word Academy (now Prichard Preparatory School) so children in her church could receive a high ‐quality education that would help them escape poverty. “Miss Ruby,” as she was known, wanted to give parents an affordable option for a college ‐prep school that was on par with what wealthier families could access.Today, the school is led by Portia Green, who joined the community as a parent in 2011, served as a teacher and administrator, and was named principal in 2020. Portia says she “fell in love with the school, its mi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
How can a diagnosis of Alzheimer ’ s disease help patients and their families?
This article is sponsored by the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning, an independently owned and operated full-service medical education company that has been developing certified health care education for nearly twenty years. With a special thanks to NAMI Chicago, the accompanying CME activity designed for clinicians in primary care is supported by educational grants from Lilly
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How can a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease help patients and their families? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lisa Keckich and Natasha Mitchner, PhD Tags: Sponsored Neurology Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Soar Academy
Colleen HroncichIf you ’re designing a school for kids who have been left behind, you ’re going to need flexibility, an individualized approach, and a willingness to go at different paces. That ’s exactly what Kenisha Skaggs has created with Soar Academy in Augusta, Georgia.Kenisha worked at a tutoring center, but the methods they used weren ’t working. In 2010, she began tutoring students in her home after school. Parents liked the customized multi‐sensory approach she used—which she mainly learned from her mom homeschooling her in high school. Some parents asked her to homeschool their child...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
No Shortage of Options for Reforming the Jones Act
ConclusionThese proposals are just a sampling of the many possible reforms that could be undertaken to reduce the Jones Act ’s burden and make it better reflect 21st-century maritime realities. There is plentiful room for creative thinking and one can readily imagine even more possibilities, such as Jones Act exemptions linked to certain environmental goals (for example, exempting the offshore wind industry or the tran sportation of machinery and equipment designed to assist Puerto Rico’stransition to renewable energy) or reciprocal market access by U.S. trading partners (who have longindicatedtheirdesire for Jones Act...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Return to McAllen: A Father-Son Interview
By IAN ROBERTSON KIBBE
You are going to hear a little more about McAllen, TX on THCB Shortly. And before we dive into what’s happened there lately, I thought those of you who weren’t here back in the day might want to read an article on THCB from July 2009. Where then THCB editor Ian Kibbe interviewed his dad David Kibbe about what he was doing as a primary care doc in McAllen–Matthew Holt
By now, Dr. Atul Gawande’s article on McAllen’s high cost of health care has been widely read. The article spawned a number of responses and catalyzed a national discussion on cost controls and t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Uncategorized David Kibbe Ian Robertson Kibbe McAllen Physicians TX Source Type: blogs
Lucia Savage Discusses Highlights of the Upcoming Health Datapalooza
The Health Datapalooza conference is a unique annual event. As the playful name suggests, it’s a somewhat countercultural happening, a place for freewheeling and respectfully critical discussion among health data experts. The conference was launched in 2010 by Todd Park, a ground-breaking technologist who was CTO of HHS at the time and was later promoted to be CTO of the United States.
Lucia Savage, Chair of the AcademyHealth Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy and Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer at Omada Health, explains how, in contrast to most health care conferences, the Datapalooza is “not glitzy&...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Regulations Academy Health Healthcare Data Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthdatapalooza Lucia Savage Omada Health Todd Park Source Type: blogs
Is It Physical Assault to “Expose” Someone to Fentanyl?
Jeffrey A. SingerAlmost every week,reports appear in the local news describing how police officers, exposed to fentanyl in the air or by contact, lose consciousness and need reviving with the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. Their coworkers take them to a nearby emergency room, where they are evaluated and released.This unscientific hysteria reached a new level when police near Wilmington, North Carolina, addedassault charges to a suspect they arrested and charged with possessing and trafficking heroin, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Police added the assault charges because the suspect tossed the drugs...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 9, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Shawn Drew Gaillard to Direct GMCDB
I’m pleased to announce the selection of Shawn Drew Gaillard, Ph.D., as the new director of our Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (GMCDB). Shawn has been the acting director of the Division since February 2022. She will begin in this new role on January 15.
Shawn joined GMCDB as chief of the Developmental and Cellular Processes Branch in 2019, overseeing grants focused on organismal response to environmental stressors. Prior to this role, she was the research training officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and before that, she was a program director in ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 4, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Job Announcements NIGMS Staff News Source Type: blogs
