The Pacific Council on International Policy — a big player with former Secretary of State Warren Christopher on its board — released a…

I am not sure if this award refers to the most recent of the EPIC EMR systems. Colleagues who work for Kaiser Permanente are not that happy with their Epic product.  But it seems others are according to KLAS Enterprises-a HIT industry analysis firm.

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Here in America we hear a good deal about Cuba's post Soviet withdrawal conditions.  The media in the Caribbean has  more even-handed view.  A blog that tracks climate change issue in the region gives Cuba good marks for climate change mitigation planning.…

That would be our teeth.  I know I don't think too much about mine.  It seems neither did anyone when all this money for electronic health records (HIT) was being sliced/diced in healthcare reform legislation.  Dentists don't get much respect.  But that may change a bit now as the profession is getting a better at telling us about its important. 

In an EHR discussion, this oral health chasm was pointed out to me. It was suggested that I read a series of articles from Slate by…

Attorney Mark Hall explains the 12/13/2010 court ruling that may mean the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate may be unconstitutional.

"In sum, there is consensus that the mandate is inextricably intertwined with the other insurance

by asking courts to strike the entire law rather than just the mandate. Thus, in appealing Judge…

Last week, in the wrap-up of the international climate change conference in Cancun, two of the rare side event…

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the 2010 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. According to the website:

Through the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, EPA recognizes and supports communities that use innovative policies and strategies to strengthen their economies, provide housing and transportation choices, develop in ways that bring benefits to a wide range of residents, and protect the environment.



Smart growth development…

Unanimous 3-0 California Court of Appeal Mandates Schools to Shape Up

A recent article published in the Washington Post describing the slow pace of progress at the international climate change conference in Cancun (COP16) argues that the conference is unlikely to produce a binding international treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Many expected this going into…

This past Monday, I attended a second side event at the COP16 international…

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, may become one of the most influencial public health officials since former Surgeon General C. Everett "Chick" Koop. Koop ( a Reagan appointee)got the nation to see AIDS as a health rather than…

This past Friday, the U.S. Expo Center of the international climate change conference (COP16) hosted a side event focused on the human health effects of climate change. Panelists included representatives of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), as well as a…

Japan shocked delegates to the COP 16 Conference on Climate Change Tuesday by announcing that it would not agree to an extension of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty. Adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, the Protocol sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse…

Last night at the COP 16 climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, I attended a briefing on the topic of displacement and migration in the context of climate change. Representatives from a range of United Nations departments highlighted…