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American Health Care System Disaster

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Bennie G.P. Lindeque The United States ranks 37th in the world in terms of quality and fairness in its health care system, according to the

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RT @ORTHOSuperSite: ORTHOPEDICS Guest Editorial: American Health Care System Disaster: http://ow.ly/nyGS

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Viewpoint: Challenges to Health Data Sharing Must Be Addressed - iHealthBeat

ihealthbeat.org — “A recent viewpoint published in the Journal of the American Medical Association argues that overcoming barriers to sharing electronic health data is critical to improving the U.S. health care system. The viewpoint outlines major challenges that are hindering more widespread health information exchange and offers recommendations for overcoming such barriers. CMIO.View full resource at ihealthbeat.org

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Viewpoint: Challenges to Health Data Sharing Must Be Addressed - http://t.co/a46DDfeP

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The New Global Health Agenda - Council on Foreign Relations

cfr.org — “Most countries in the world have moved toward provision of systems of universal health coverage, enhancing affordability and access to medical care. Even as the U.S. Supreme Court debates legal standards for Americans, this report finds that risk-pooling is essential for affordable access to medical care in poor and emerging-market countries.View full resource at cfr.org

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alanna_shaikh Alanna Shaikh Health Professional

Excited about new Universal Health care report from CFR http://t.co/ktfUMd2Y

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Cancer Doc Brawley Says The U.S. Health Care System Is Sick : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

npr.org — “Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, gave a fiery speech at annual meeting of Association of Health Care Journalists over the weekend. It was a no-holds-barred critique of the U.S. system of health care.View full resource at npr.org

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Most Recently Shared on April 24, 2012 at 2:02 am By:

GlassHospital John Henning Schumann, M.D. Doctor, Internist, and Physician

Via @nprnews: Cancer Doc Brawley Says The U.S. Health Care System Is Sick http://t.co/7f5UZ04M touches cynical journos...

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How Doctors and Patients Do Harm - NYTimes.com

well.blogs.nytimes.com — “Just how broken is the United States health care system? Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, paints a grim picture in his new book "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.'' Read more...View full resource at well.blogs.nytimes.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 21, 2012 at 12:33 am By:

doctorrubin David Rubin Doctor, Internist, and Physician

Otis Brawley of the ACS has a book on the flaws of US health care ("We make them think we know things we don't know.") http://t.co/qFrmpo4q

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How Doctors and Patients Do Harm - NYTimes.com

well.blogs.nytimes.com — “Just how broken is the United States health care system? Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, paints a grim picture in his new book "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.'' Read more...View full resource at well.blogs.nytimes.com

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How Doctors and Patients Do Harm - NYTimes.com

well.blogs.nytimes.com — “Just how broken is the United States health care system? Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, paints a grim picture in his new book "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.'' Read more...View full resource at well.blogs.nytimes.com

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Well: How Doctors and Patients Do Harm - Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. http://t.co/UN5hWS58

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Future Direction of U.S. Graduate Medical Education Is Focus of Grant to IOM -- AAFP News Now -- American Academy of Family Physicians

aafp.org — “The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has announced that it has awarded $750,000 to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to study the governance and financing of graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. The grant comes in response to the current state of GME in the United States, which, according to a Macy Foundation press release, has fallen behind the overall needs of the country’s health care system and, more specifically, the individual health care needs of the public.View full resource at aafp.org

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Future Direction of U.S. Graduate Medical Education Is Focus of Grant to IOM http://t.co/NMh5tHoY

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Innovation! Your new core competency

hhnmag.com — “H&HN is the flagship publication of the American Hospital Association and the most trusted and credible management publication in the field. It is the leading publication for hospital and system executives, and it continues its history of journalistic excellence by capturing more national editorial and design awards than any other health care management magazine. Hospitals & Health Networks marked a milestone in 2007, celebrating eight decades of service. For eight decades, we have continually pView full resource at hhnmag.com

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Is the quantified self movement the future of American health?

kevinmd.com — “The quantified self movement should be closely monitored by all interested in the future of the American health care delivery system.View full resource at kevinmd.com

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JohnPugh John Pugh Pharma and Health Social Media

Nice post on quantified self movement: what gets measured gets done http://t.co/zDfBLBLq @kevinmd #hcsm

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The 'Heart' of Health Care Reform: Can the Law Stand Without a Mandate? - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: During the summer of 2009, when the health care reform debate was dividing the country and the "public option" seemed like the most important policy issue in a generation, the proposal to require all Americans to have health insurance was hardly ever mentioned. The individual mandate, now the focus of a historic Supreme Court review, was just one part of a complex and broad overhaul of the nation's health care system. Medicare cuts, end-of-life counseling and a tax onView full resource at news.yahoo.com

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tomheston Tom Heston, MD Doctor, Family Medicine Doctor, and Physician

The 'Heart' of Health Care Reform: Can the Law Stand Without a Mandate? - YAHOO! http://t.co/0BgkNT5P #medicine

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Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response - Institute of Medicine

iom.edu — “Disasters can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. Following its 2009 report, which defined crisis standards of care (CSC), the IOM develops important templates to guide the efforts of professionals and organizations responsible for CSC planning and implementation. The latest report provides a foundation of underlying principles, steps needed to achieve implementation, and the pillars of the emergency response system, each separate and View full resource at iom.edu

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pfanderson P. F. Anderson Health Social Media

Hoping #smem have seen http://t.co/2BBiaHxd Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response #download

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Curious consumers start to see more hospital data

statesman.com — “The flagship hospitals of Central Texas' two largest health systems tout their national certification to provide advanced care to stroke patients.View full resource at statesman.com

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charlesornstein Charles Ornstein Health Communicator

Curious consumers start to see more hospital data, Austin American-Statesman reports. http://t.co/UmKvaMeu

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Opinion: Killing the mandate won't fix health care - Tom Daschle - POLITICO.com

politico.com — “With hearings starting Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deliver a pivotal decision that will profoundly affect the future of our country. At stake is whether millions of Americans can have greater access to affordable health care coverage — or whether the nation’s health care system will be plagued by uncertainty, imbalance and...View full resource at politico.com

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Plan reverses health care reforms, destroys Medicare - JSOnline

jsonline.com — “We must continue to reform our health care system to provide higher quality care and a better price for all Americans.View full resource at jsonline.com

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shhanson Stephen Hanson Physician Assistant

Plan reverses health care reforms, destroys Medicare - JSOnline http://t.co/TWMyAJ6b

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How health-care reform is changing our health care system, in charts - The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com — “The Affordable Care Act is mostly known for its mandate to expand health insurance to 30 million more Americans within a decade. But much of the law’s 905 pages are dedicated to an effort that’s arguably more ambitious: the overhaul of the U.S. business model for medicine. These charts look at how we pay for health care now, how that's gone wrong and what the health-care law attempts to change about that.View full resource at washingtonpost.com

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chukwumaonyeije C. Onyeije, M.D. MFM Surgeon, Physician, Active Health Library, Doctor, and ObGyn Physician

RT @Atul_Gawande: How health reform is changing our health care system in useful chart form! From WonkBlog http://t.co/LrlPPplb

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