Marisel Brown's Blog – December 2009 Archive (5)

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Dotcom Pioneer Weighs In: Health reform begins with prevention

Steve Case is the co-founder of America Online, the nation's first successful email provider. He is chairman of the Case Foundation, and chairman and chief executive of Revolution, an umbrella corporation that supports companies with innovative business models. Granted, Case stresses individual behavior change as key, but prevention needs to be kept in the spotlight whenever possible.



Excerpt of article from the Washington Post

By Steve Case

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Added by Marisel Brown on December 31, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

PolicyLink health & equitable transportation report a good primer for transportation policy neophytes

While we are all focussed on health reform, we will be gearing up soon to keep active transportation provisions in the Transportation Bill (T-Bill). PolicyLink released an excellent report on the impact transportation policy can have on health. The link will take you to the full report.…



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Added by Marisel Brown on December 30, 2009 at 12:44am — No Comments

RESEARCH BRIEF: Obesity seen through the lens of health disparities

Obesity prevention is relatively new to public health. A sense of urgency has set into motion a variety of interventions with very little research to validate their potential for effectiveness. Research informs action; and the research approach influences actions taken to address a problem. Paula Braverman's article in the July 2009 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease suggests that without a health disparities perspective to obesity research, interventions may miss the… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on December 29, 2009 at 8:18pm — No Comments

Full Yield: A start-up with a healthcare cost-cutting strategy

Copied from NYTimes article by Melanie Warner



Shelly Wolff, head of the health and productivity consulting group at Watson Wyatt, says she has seen C.E.O.’s who’ve dealt adeptly with tough issues like climate change become completely flummoxed by health care. “It’s a board-level deal for most companies,” she says. “A lot of companies are saying ‘What do you do with health care?’ ”

In home offices around Boston, a shoestring operation of three full-time employees is… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on December 1, 2009 at 11:12pm — No Comments

Kaiser Family Foundation Healthcare Reform Proposals Comparison Tool

Posted February 25, 2010

Below is an updated version of Kaiser Family Foundation's interactive side-by-side healthcare reform comparison tool, reflecting President Obama's proposal released on 2/20/2010. The administration's proposal was the basis for a healthcare reform summit at the White House on 2/25/2010.The updated version also includes healthcare reform bills passed by the House and the Senate at the end of 2009.…

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Added by Marisel Brown on December 1, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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