Happy, Healthy 2012

Whatever the shape or size, may your 2012 be filled with good news and many blessings!

ACO’s – Rise or Fall – 2012 Will Be A telling Year.

Mike Magee One year ago, health policy expert John Iglehart recently wrote, “One of the few major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with solid bipartisan support establishes a new delivery model: the accountable care organization (ACO). Congress directed the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop an ACO program to improve […]

Desegregating Health Ed On College Campuses: The Healthy Person Project

Mike Magee In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued their report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. A central theme was its appeal to a new approach to caring where “interprofessional collaboration and coordination are the norm.” This year the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s reinforced this message as part of their Charting […]

Could Stem Cell Success Mean An End To Heart Transplants?

Mike Magee When Dr. Piero Anversa from New York Medical College and his colleague Dr. Donald Orlic from the National Institutes of Health announced in April 2001 that stem cells from bone marrow injected into the damaged hearts of mice had morphed into cardiac cells, implanted in the damaged tissue, and laid the seeds for […]

Hcom Holiday Gift: Enjoy This Video!

VIDEO HERE The International Child’s Art Foundation (ICAF), a 5O1C3 charitable organization, is a pioneer in children’s art and creativity, supported by creative and empathic learners and leaders. Ashfaq Ishaq saw a connection between children’s creativity and fostering peace, and published his observations in Lancet in 2006. This summer the ICAF hosted the World Children’s […]

Canadian Advanced Care Video Deserves To Go Viral

LINK Nathan A. Kottkamp, leader of the National Health Decisions Day movement (slated this year for April 16, 2012) had this to say about the video above: “Thanksgiving is a great time to lead by example and ‘Have the Talk’about advance care planning with your loved ones. I’m thrilled to share a new tool that […]