With Thanksgiving upon us, we have much to be thankful for, and much still left to accomplish. Health care statesmen Paul Levy, CEO/President of Beth Israel Deaconess, Lachlan Forrow of Harvard and others this month have launched the project "Engage in Grace", which zeroes in on one pressing need: end-of-life decision making and care. Their idea: […]
Author: Mike Magee
Testing is essentialThink we have the upper hand on HIV in the U.S.? Think again. The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research will be convening leaders in the field this month to get the word out. In their words, here are the facts: “Nearly 60,000 Americans were infected with HIV last year, and some 250,000 people […]
The Nation’s Most Influential Business Leaders Have Developed Consensus Priorities for America’s FutureThis past Monday and Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal convened an extraordinary conference of about 100 CEOs to develop and recommend issue priorities for the new Administration. (See the participant list here.) This meeting brought together the nation’s industry power players. Several Senators […]
Feedback from a reader about Barack ObamaMy post last week on election of President-elect Obama, positive leadership, and our future drew a large number of responses to the site, pro and con. I share with permission one comment from Susan Karim of Braintree, Massachusetts, with her personal wish for openness as we confront significant challenges […]
Recently, issues of elder abuse have resurfaced in both home and institutional settings. As Stephanie Lederman, executive director of the American Federation for Aging Research notes, “A large segment of our population is both dependent and frail. Studies on elder abuse now alert us that seniors are also vulnerable and in need of help.” How […]
Renewed energy and enthusiasm are not enough for health care reform. We need a paradigm shift.These are, as the Chinese curse reputedly called them, interesting times. If the burst of new Democratic health care reform proposals is any indication, the fresh breeze of the Obama campaign’s "Yes We Can" optimism is blowing across the nation. […]
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Smoke-Free America
Creating tobacco free campusesIn health care, it can sometimes feel like we’re just spinning our wheels — examples of progress appear few and far between and getting ahead of the disease curve seems just out of reach. But when a ray of hope comes shooting through the clouds, it’s often because good science has met […]
