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Need a Doctor Now? Solve the Acute Care Crisis
Many Americans struggle to receive acute care when they need it. The health care system is not focused on meeting unscheduled needs. Reforming acute care delivery will require making it a policy and research priority.
Nov 17, 2016
commentary

To Increase Diversity in Tech, We Need to Rethink What 'Tech' Is
Rethinking what defines today's tech jobs, along with greater investment in public-private partnerships, could go a long way toward bridging the diversity gap.
Nov 17, 2016
blog

The Challenges of Measuring Effective Teaching
While educators, policymakers, and parents may agree on the need for more effective teachers, they often use different criteria to judge whether schools are doing their job. Parents have varied priorities for what they want in teachers and in schools.
Nov 16, 2016
blog

The Return of a Cold War Threat
The danger of blundering into a nuclear war through miscalculation or human error has returned, said former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry at RAND's Politics Aside event. No leader is seeking nuclear war, but there are new dangers that didn't exist during the Cold War that could lead to one.
Nov 15, 2016
blog

The Art of Data in Baseball
The traditional baseball scout's keen eye is no longer deemed sufficient to rate talent, said Jeff Luhnow, general manager of the Houston Astros, at RAND's Politics Aside event. Analysts check curveball spin rates, computer-modeled swing mechanics, and even sleep habits.
Nov 15, 2016
blog

Making National Security Decisions
In a crisis, there's a tendency in government to add more people to address the problem, but doing so often slows decisionmaking. It's easier to invent something new rather than require the agency to fix problems in the existing structure.
Nov 15, 2016
commentary

Is the U.S. Abandoning the World Order It Created?
In the 20th century the United States created and expanded a world order that has provided security and prosperity, and it has borne much of the cost for sustaining it. Can that liberal global order be updated rather than jettisoned?
Nov 14, 2016
commentary

What the Battles of Mosul and Aleppo Tell Us About Their Countries' Futures
The battle of Mosul is not just about defeating ISIS. It is about restoring Mosul to the multi-ethnic city it once was. The Syrian government's style of warfare in Aleppo, however, accepts that Syria will remain a divided country.
Nov 14, 2016
commentary

Why the Polls Were Wrong
RAND's Presidential Election Panel Survey, like other polls, overpredicted the popular vote. But since it focused on the decisionmaking process and how that translated into behaviors, the data could provide deep insights into what happened and how it took pollsters by surprise.
Nov 14, 2016
commentary

The Road Ahead: Rebuilding the Country's Infrastructure in the Trump Administration Era
Policymakers generally agree on the need to rebuild America's infrastructure. But the country is far behind in this area. Why? Transportation projects take time and money. And it's hard to predict how a project will affect its surroundings.
Nov 14, 2016
blog

Who Wins Globalization?
While more needs to be done for those who once worked in industries such as furniture manufacturing, where essentially all activity has moved to lower-cost nations, the U.S. is starting to see an increase in manufacturing activity because of new types of technological advances.
Nov 14, 2016
q&a

Autonomous Vehicles: Imagining the Day-to-Day of the Future
At RAND's 2016 Politics Aside event, Nidhi Kalra and Timothy Bonds discuss what daily life might be like once autonomous vehicles populate the roads.
Nov 14, 2016
blog

The Price of Personalized Health Care
Medical care in the United States is entering an era where technology can give patients more control over their care and let them take control of their health data.
Nov 13, 2016
blog

Pulling Up the Drawbridge 'Is Fundamentally Flawed'
Turning inward in response to rapid global change overstates the costs of doing so and downplays the benefits of facing outward.
Nov 13, 2016
blog

Social Media's Role in the Erosion of Truth
The firehose of information on social media makes it hard for people to distinguish between sources that are credible and those that aren't.
Nov 12, 2016

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Mandatory evacuation orders are issued when disasters have potentially life-threatening impacts. Disaster after disaster, orders resulted in evacuations that have saved untold lives. Milton is rapidly intensifying and expected to be one of the largest hurricanes on record when it hits the United States. Staying in place could have severe, life-threatening consequences.

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

Behavioral/Social Scientist

Source: rand.org

The mechanisms behind the apparent adverse effects of climate change on human health are not entirely understood. However, the need for pre-planning for these events to prevent poor health outcomes is clear. Especially among the most vulnerable populations, it is critical to develop and implement mitigating strategies.

Mahshid Abir

Senior Physician Policy Researcher, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Source: rand.org

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Commentary and Articles

Need a Doctor Now? Solve the Acute Care Crisis

To Increase Diversity in Tech, We Need to Rethink What 'Tech' Is

The Challenges of Measuring Effective Teaching

The Return of a Cold War Threat

The Art of Data in Baseball

Making National Security Decisions

Is the U.S. Abandoning the World Order It Created?

What the Battles of Mosul and Aleppo Tell Us About Their Countries' Futures

Why the Polls Were Wrong

The Road Ahead: Rebuilding the Country's Infrastructure in the Trump Administration Era

Who Wins Globalization?

Autonomous Vehicles: Imagining the Day-to-Day of the Future

The Price of Personalized Health Care

Pulling Up the Drawbridge 'Is Fundamentally Flawed'

Social Media's Role in the Erosion of Truth

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