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Trimming U.S. Health Care Spending Will Require New Approaches in Designing, Adopting Strategies — Nov. 11, 2009

Curbing U.S. health care spending will likely require adopting an array of strategies and improving how promising strategies are moved into widespread use. The most promising option is changing the way providers are paid, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles in order to be successful.

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Major Health Care Challenges Persist for D.C. Children Despite High Rates of Insurance Coverage — Oct. 8, 2009

Despite high rates of health insurance coverage among children in the District of Columbia, their access to health care is inadequate and poses a significant health problem—particularly for those who are publicly insured.

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Community-Based Project Aims to Build a Model Maternal and Child Health Care System — Sep. 25, 2009

The Allegheny County Maternal Depression and Child Health Care Initiative will promote healthy lifestyles and positive health outcomes, reduce preventable disease and environmental health risks, eliminate health disparities, and ensure access to quality care for young children, mothers, and families.

November 11, 2009: Trimming U.S. Health Care Spending Will Require New Approaches in Designing, Adopting Strategies

October 30, 2009: Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol, By Lila Rabinovich (RAND.org)

October 27, 2009: Legalizing Marijuana: Issues to Consider Before Reforming California State Law, By Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

October 22, 2009: Issues in "Meaningful Use" of Health Information Technology for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, By Harold Alan Pincus

October 19, 2009: Prime Numbers: Doped, By Beau Kilmer, Peter H. Reuter (Foreign Policy)

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The State and Pattern of Health Information Technology Adoption

Helps focus the policy agenda for incentives to speed Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) adoption by estimating the current level and pattern of HIT adoption in the different types of healthcare organizations, according to information the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)-Dorenfest database, and evaluates factors that affect this diffusion process, using existing empirical studies and regression analysis.

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Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions

RAND researchers analyzed the health components of seven post–World War II nation-building efforts conducted after major conflicts-Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq-and found that two factors are correlated with successful health outcomes: planning and coordination, and infrastructure and resources.

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