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Call for Papers: "The Role of Solidarity in Bioethics"

Posted on January 11, 2011
Guest Editors Patricia Illingworth and Wendy E. Parmet of Bioethics are pleased to announce a special issue in 2012 on the role of solidarity in bioethics. We invite submissions on all aspects of this topic and are particularly interested in...

Health Spending Grew At An Historically Low Rate In 2009

Posted on January 10, 2011
According to Health Affairs, health spending grew at an historically low rate In 2009: During 2009, a year of deep recession followed by slow economic growth, national health care spending rose at its lowest rate in five decades, federal analysts...

Announcing the Symposium "The Role of States in Federal Health Care Reform"

Posted on January 06, 2011
Please join the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 2010-2011 Symposium, "The Role of States in Federal Health Care Reform," on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The symposium will address the new federal health care reform legislation and its effects...

Call for Papers on Public Health and Federal Health Reform

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics will host a thematic Issue on the topic of "Public Health Reform: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implications for the Public's Health." Enactment of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2010....

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ONC Publishes Final Rule Establishing Permanent Certification Program

Posted on January 04, 2011
The Office of the National Coordinator issued a final rule today establishing the permanent certification program for health information technology (HIT). The permanent program is expected to begin on January 1, 2012. The final rule, which is scheduled for publication...

Top SSRN Health Law Downloads October 31 to December 30, 2010

Posted on January 04, 2011
Top SSRN Health Law Downloads October 31 to December 30, 2010: Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 333 Oy Yes, the Healthcare Penalty is Unconstitutional Steven J. Willis, Nakku Chung, University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law, Unaffiliated...

Health Law and Policy Faculty Position

Posted on January 03, 2011
Northeastern University School of Law and the Bouv� College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University are seeking a full time faculty member at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor rank committed to health law and policy...

Is There Evidence of E-Health?s Benefits?

Posted on January 03, 2011
The WSJ Health Blog writes: With the U.S. and the U.K. heading full steam towards electronic medical records and other health IT applications, how much evidence is there that they improve care? Not a whole lot, according to a review...

Senate Passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act is a Surprise Holiday Gift

Posted on December 21, 2010
Hat tip to Andrew Torrance for this welcome announcement over on BioLaw and on Andrew's new blog LEXVIVO: In a surprise to many, late on December 19, 2010, the United States Senate unanimously passed a modified version of S.510, the...

Google Releases Body Browser: Google Earth For Human Anatomy

Posted on December 17, 2010
Google has just released Body Browser. As Bob Coffield over at Health Care Law Blog said "[t]hink Google Earth for human anatomy." Body Browser is a detailed 3D model of the human body. You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom...

Health Affairs Call For Papers On Health Care Quality

Posted on December 10, 2010
Health Affairs will publish a theme issue on health care quality in April 2011. The journal's aim is to bring together the best current thinking on a range of topics related to quality and to highlight important trends, developments, and...

Publication Opportunity: Journal of Food Law & Policy

Posted on December 07, 2010
The Journal of Food Law & Policy at the University of Arkansas School of Law is seeking submissions for its Spring 2011 issue. This Journal, the only student-edited U.S. law journal focused exclusively on food law issues, was started in...

Side-By-Side Comparisons of Medicare Changes In Recent Deficit-Reduction Proposals

Posted on December 06, 2010
The Kaiser Foundation has posted a very useful tool that provides a side-by-side comparison of Medicare changes in the recent deficit-reduction proposals: In response to mounting concern about the nation?s rising debt and deficit, and increasing apprehension about the federal...

Kaiser Updates Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured to Include Latest Census Data

Posted on December 01, 2010
An update to the health coverage and the uninsured databases of The Kaiser Family Foundation?s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured now reflects new data released in September by the U.S. Census Bureau. This update also includes information about the...

OIG Issues Roadmap on Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse for New Physicians

Posted on November 30, 2010
A new resource and educational guide for new physicians to help them better understand the key Federal fraud and abuse laws has been issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG). Bob Coffield...

New AMA Policy Guides Physicians? Use of Social Media

Posted on November 29, 2010
Today the American Medical Association announced that it has adopted and issued a new policy offering guidance to physicians on the use of social media. The new policy focuses on helping physicians to "maintain a positive online presence and preserve...

Research Associate Position in Health Law & Policy at Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Posted on November 17, 2010
POSITION TITLE: Research Associate (Limited Term). DEPARTMENT: Faculty of Law. TERM: 1 year (with possibility of renewal). Start date immediate. SALARY: $60,000-$73,600 (depending on qualification) plus UT benefits. SUPERVISOR?S TITLE: Professor / Canada Research Chair...

The Catholic Church Holds 'How To' Seminar on Exorcism

Posted on November 15, 2010
The Catholic Church is holding a week- long conference to help its priests and bishops learn to distinguish when a person needs psychiatric or other medical care from when a person needs an exorcism. The goal is not necessarily to...

SSRN Top Ten Public Health Law Downloads Between August 30 and October 29, 2010

Posted on October 29, 2010
The following are the top ten SSRN downloads for Public Health Law for the period between August 30 and October 29, 2010: Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 1345 Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional Randy...

Newly Created ACA Litigation Blog Follows the Progress of the States' Constitutional Challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Posted on October 27, 2010
Sure to be of great interest to readers of this blog is the new ACA Litigation Blog run by Professor Bradley W. Joondeph of the Santa Clara University School of Law. The ACA Litigation Blog is a place to find...

Non-GMO Month and the Roll-Out of the Non-GMO Verification Seal

Posted on October 25, 2010
This coming month is Non-GMO month which coincides with the launch of the new non-GMO verification seal by the Non-GMO Project. About 580 natural food stores plan to participate in the event which celebrates the qualification of approximately 900 products...

Conference Announcement: Should Congress Repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act?

Posted on October 22, 2010
Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School will be hosting a one-day meeting on Friday, November 12, 2010 on the subject of whether Congress should repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act. There are a limited number...

Could Coffee And Green Tea Protect Against DNA Damage?

Posted on October 21, 2010
According to a pan-European study, a daily cup of coffee might reduce the oxidative damage to DNA by 12 percent and a daily cup of green tea every day might protect against damage at a genetic levels, both because of...

Psychological Interventions For Post Disaster Trauma

Posted on October 15, 2010
The world sighed a collective breath of relief when all 33 of the miners trapped in a Chilean mine for over two months were rescued this week. But the health risks for some of these minors may not be over....

SSRN Top Ten Health Law Downloads Between August 8 and October 7, 2010

Posted on October 07, 2010
The following are the top ten SSRN downloads for Health Law for the period between August 8 and October 7, 2010: Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 78 Adverse Reactions: Structure, Philosophy, and Outcomes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

Scientists Discover Genes Related to Body Mass

Posted on October 03, 2010
Johns Hopkins scientists specializing in genetic information have discovered 13 genes linked to human body mass. The genes were identified by screening the epigenome and could provide information that can be used to prevent and treat obesity. The authors of...

Call For proposals For Petrie-Flom Center For Health Law Policy, Biotechnology And Bioethics At Harvard Law

Posted on September 29, 2010
The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Challenges The increasing globalization of health care and its inputs provides new challenges for health law and bioethics. This conference will bring together leading scholars and policy-makers to discuss several overlapping and...

Will The Proactive Recall Of Baby Formula Contaminated With Bugs Protect Consumer Confidence?

Posted on September 26, 2010
Taking the high road, Abott Laboratories has recalled certain lot numbers of its Similac baby formula in light of a possible contamination with beetle parts and larvae. This possibility was discovered by an internal quality control review, not by an....

Widely Used But Flawed Calculator for Heart Attack Risk May Cause Improper Treatment

Posted on September 21, 2010
A new study published last month in The Journal of General Internal Medicine suggests that a commonly used web tool that calculates a person's heart attack risk misclassifies 15 percent of the people who use it. This tool improperly pushes...

Small Business Gets a Tax Credit for Health Care

Posted on September 18, 2010
Small business pays 18 percent more for the same health care coverage for employees that large businesses have, according to John Arensmeyer, chief executive of Small Business Majority. With astronomical increases in premiums over the past several years, many small...

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