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Friday, December 20, 2019
TODAY ON THE BLOG

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

For Hospitals, A Blueprint For Fighting The Opioid Epidemic
By Michael Botticelli, Donald M. Berwick, Maia Gottlieb, and Mara Laderman

The willingness to work together collaboratively will continue to be essential as hospitals collectively heed the call and assume a leadership position in fighting the opioid epidemic. Read More >>


AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

How The Senate Got To Sixty On Christmas Eve 2009
By Billy Wynne

Ten years ago, in late December 2009, as northeastern gales began to collide with arctic temperatures in the midwestern plains, passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the U.S. Senate hung in the balance. Read More >>

HA 38/12 Narrative Matters
IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

When People You Love Are The Unintended Consequences Of Opioid Policy
By Mary Beth Foglia

After the release of federal guidelines to curb opioid misuse, a patient is unable to obtain effective pain treatment and dies from complications. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK—Pediatric Health Care

Examining pediatric health care within the context of how a child lives and who they interact with is increasingly becoming the norm in an effort to work "upstream" as a means of prevention. This Health Affairs article discusses integrating pediatric care and taking on risk to improve health outcomes.
HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTSPAST EVENT:  RURAL HEALTH

The December 2019 issue of Health Affairs explores various dimensions of health and health care in rural America—health needs of people living in rural areas, inequities, financing of care—and identifies policies and practices that can improve the health and well-being of rural Americans. Get caught up with the Rural Health event: slides (click on Download Event), video, and podcast.

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