NPR Reaches out to Facebook Users for Stories
Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, NPR asked people on Facebook to share their experiences within the US health care system. Within 24 hours they had close to 1,000 stories. Anyone who wonders why we do the work we...
Childhood Obesity, “Adult-Onset” Diabetes and Oregon
Three articles appeared recently that shed more light on a disturbing trend. First, a New York Times editorial begins by reporting on how "adult-onset" (Type 2) diabetes is now increasingly common in kids: A study of diabetes in overweight and obese youngsters bears...
Gov. John Kitzhaber announces $1.9 billion health care agreement with federal government
[youtube ei-E99g_GuQ 640 360] In The Oregonian, Michele Cole reports that, "Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has struck a deal with the federal government that is worth $1.9 billion over the next five years." She adds: Kitzhaber, who cleared this week's calendar and flew to...
Going for a Walk!
Whether you watched The West Wing or not, this is a great video clip for everybodywalks.org Cast members reunited to to support the effort of walking 30 minutes a day. Watch the clip.
Defining the Essential Health Benefit
A new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Health Affairs discusses the policy issues around the Essential Health Benefit benchmark flexibility for states and how that flexibility can be used to provide a benefit package that will be both affordable and...
Menu Labeling: Do You Know What Has More/Less Calories?
Our colleagues at the Oregon Public Health Institute shared a quiz that might get you thinking about the need for betterment labeling. Take the quiz yourself here and see how your score looks. Counties and some states are addressing the issue. Do you think we should...
If We Don’t Know What the Cost is and Why …
An opinion piece from the New York Times states: We don’t know what it costs to deliver health care to individual patients, much less how those costs compare to the outcomes achieved. Authors Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter are currently working with several health...
Health Equity Can’t Wait – Kathleen Sebelius
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, wrote a blog posted in the Huffington Post this week, stating: April is National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about the well-documented health disparities that continue to affect racial...
To Heal, First Eat
“I want to help my patients not need my services,” Dr. Fox said as he chopped rosemary for a mustard-crusted seared lamb loin. “I’d love to be put out of work.” “This isn’t neurosurgery,” Dr. Eisenberg said as he whacked a garlic clove with the cleaver. “This is...
Second CO-OP to form in Oregon
Oregon will have two CO-OPs forming in Oregon, after news of federal loans awarded to Oregon's Health CO-OP. Together with CCO's and the Exchange, there is a lot brewing to transform how Oregonians access and purchase insurance and get better care, and even more need...
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