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• Palestine: Building a State and Religious Tolerance

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Ha’aretz reports Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to announce that the country will institute a 10-month freeze on settlement building.  At the same, time the paper reports that Marwan Barghouti intends to run in the next Palestinian election. He also stated that the abduction of Gilad Shalit ...
  4 days ago

• Iraq Parliament Pushes Back

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Following Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president  Tareq al-Hashemi ’s decision to veto the new election law, Reuters is reporting that the Iraqi parliament has scheduled a session for Saturday to vote on whether they would accept Hashemi’s veto.  A law must be passed within the next few days to avoid further ...
  1 week ago

• Feedback Rolls in on Halamka’s New Stance on Standards: Cats Pissed, Dogs Thrilled

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  Continuing his stunning reversal of long held perspectives, Dr. John Halamka’s blog post today suggests Guiding Principles for HIT Standards Committee : Keep it simple; think big, but start small; recommend standards as minimal as possible to support the business goal and then build as you go Don’t let ...
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• The Real Secret Sauce of Medicare’s Participation in Regional Collaboratives — Network Effects

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  Last week I asked whether Medicare’s Biggest Change in 40 Years  is on the horizon. That post described and discussed implications of Medicare’s new direction for the medical home — the shelving of Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD) and the refocusing on the recently announced Multi-Payer Advanced ...
  1 week ago

• Afghan Shamocracy

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Joshua Meah has an editorial asking if “ anyone actually believe[s] democracy exists in Afghanistan ?”  He argues that Afghanistan has no more democracy than China, but that the international community tries to pretend otherwise.  Western interests are sacrificing good governance for hope of democracy, but ...
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• Dr. Blumenthal, I Mistakenly Received Your Email Intended for Judy Faulkner, CEO, Epic

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Dear Dr. Blumenthal, I was honored to receive a personal email from you today. However, after reading it, I conclude that you must have intended to send this email to Judith ...
  2 weeks ago

• Three Years Of Medical Home Demonstration Preparation Down the Drain?

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  Do you remember the scene in the movie Animal House where Bluto Blutarski laments “…seven years of college education down the drain?” Why aren’t primary care physicians expressing similar laments about   the shelving of the MMHD (Medicare Medical Home Demonstration) in favor of the MAPCI (Multi-Payer ...
  2 weeks ago

• As The Dems Turn (To School Choice)

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 731
  We’ve been writing a fair amount over the last several months about increasing support for school choice among members of the Democratic Party. The focus has typically been on legislators, but a new report from the Center for Education Reform give a glimpse into possible widespread support among ...
  2 weeks ago

• John Halamka’s Stunning 180: “Dogs and Cats Should Live in Harmony”

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  The King of the Cats has just acknowledged that indeed cats and dogs should co-exist peacefully. Dr. John Halamka — Vice Chair of the HIT Standards Committee of the ONC and one of the most vocal and influential figures in health IT — writes a blog post this morning entitled “The Genius of AND” . Halamka ...
  2 weeks ago

• Debating Tribalism and Withdrawal in Afghanistan

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Aryn Baker has written an article  in Time  asking if the U.S. can win in a Karzai-led Afghanistan and discusses the debate over the eventual success of the Obama administration’s attempts to push President Karzai into reform. In the debate over troops levels and U.S. strategy there have been several ...
  3 weeks ago

• Clinton’s Final Stop in the Middle East

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  As Secretary Clinton concludes her Middle East trip, Laura Rozen   reports that Clinton met with Egyptian leaders in and won seeming support for their new strategy of focusing on getting to final status talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.  Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey ...
  3 weeks ago

• CBS News Reports on Prospects for Drug Policy Reform

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 731
  CBS News has a good report out on recent developments in drug policy, including extensive coverage of the Cato report, Drug Decriminalization in Portugal . Here’s an excerpt: Portugal’s case is important, Greenwald says, because it provides hard evidence that removes the debate from the realm of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Medicare’s Biggest Change in 40 Years on the Horizon?

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  Earlier this week CMS issued a typically cryptic Announcement indicating that they were shelving the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD) and instead would focus on the recently announced Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Initiative (MAPCI). My blog post from Tuesday provides details and asks the question ...
  4 weeks ago

• Liberal Democrats for Drug Policy Reform website launch

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 176
  The Liberal Democrats for Drug Policy Reform website has been launched today by Ewan Hoyle the founder of the group. As a member of LDDPR, I look forward to seeing how this develops and hope to attend future events. Ewan organised an excellent inaugural fringe event on drugs policy which inclued Danny Kushlick of ...
  4 weeks ago

• GRNSW Make Trials Compulsory For TAB Maidens

  
  Australian Racing Greyhound Greyhound Racing News — Authority: 136
  In a move sure to win support with the punting public, but destined to cause a great deal of friction with owners and trainers, Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) today announced that all greyhounds engaged to have their first career start in a TAB maiden race will first need to compete in a performance qualifying trial to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Senator Grassley: You’re on Track About EMR Problems, But Here Are Some More Questions to Ask

  
  e-CareManagement — Authority: 112
  An article in today’s Washington Post links to a letter written by Senator Charles E. Grassley. The letter is directed at 10 EMR (electronic medical record) vendors, and asks very pointed questions about whether the vendors have been negligent in not addressing patient safety issues in their technologies. ...
  5 weeks ago

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