By David Orentlicher During the debate over the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration and other proponents of electronic health records (EHRs) cited a RAND study projecting cost-savings of $80 billion a year from EHRs.…
By Jennifer S. Bard Being in my native land of Connecticut reminds me that Mark Twain is famously, if inaccurately, quoted as saying that everyone talks about the weather but no one ever does anything…
By Rebecca Haffajee As many are aware, the New York City Board of Health recently approved Major Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) over 16 ounces in size sold at city restaurants, delis,…
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By Scott Burris A law professor is usually thrilled to have an article cited by the Supreme Court. An empirical researcher will, likewise, be pleased that evidence he or she helped create shapes a decision…
By Nicole Huberfeld We Who Follow ACA Litigation will continue to be in business. [On September 19], Oklahoma’s Attorney General sought leave to amend the state’s original complaint regarding the individual mandate. Now the state…
This is Part 1 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. by Jeffrey Swanson, PhD Federal and state efforts to restrict firearms access to potentially dangerous people…
By Hyeongsu Park and Kathy Wang On October 1, under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare started fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of their discharge because of complications. A Seattle…
by Judith Daar Many thanks to Glenn Cohen for steering us into a space that often occupies our minds, but rarely our words – popular culture. Glenn’s recent post critiques NBC’s new please-see TV offering,…
by Jonathan J. Darrow In a Petrie-Flom Center event last month, Dr. Alan Wertheimer raised the question of why consent is needed in ethical research. Without commenting on his answer to the question (attendees were…
