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Policywise 

The path forward: a more inclusive healthcare system

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022access to care, American College of Physicians, health policy, Healthcare, U.S. healthcare system, universal coverage

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a two-part series. Read the first part here. In January 2020, the American College of Physicians (ACP)

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Policywise 

Helping the most vulnerable: Kids in foster care

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021children, Department of Pediatrics, family, Foster Care, health policy, public health, Texas Children's Hospital

What can be done to improve the child welfare system and help make the lives of foster care children better?

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Health care policy and partnerships: What has changed since COVID-19?

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Collaboration, COVID-19, health policy, Partnership, Texas Medical Center

What partnerships will be most important moving forward post pandemic? How should we do things differently?

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Think globally, act locally: Caring for families with neural tube defects

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021folic acid, fortification, health policy, neural tube defects, spina bifida, Texas Children's Hospital

Digital age connectivity is enabling policy change, embodied in new clinical care guidelines for people living with spina bifida.

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Policywise 

Eradication with vaccination? It’s worth a shot

February 20, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, measles, Vaccination

My stomach sank as I read the following email from my residency program: “Four measles cases confirmed in Harris County. Please reference the attached triage

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Policywise 

Do no harm: A moral imperative to be the change in healthcare

September 20, 2019September 19, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, Healthcare, Listening, Resident

“Can you please come see Mr. S in room six? His nose is bleeding, and he is very angry,” the nurse calls. Calls like this

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Policywise 

The high costs of diabetes medications

September 13, 2019September 12, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Costs, Diabetes, Diabetics, health policy

You can do a lot of things with $1,700 – buy a high-end MacBook with all of the bells and whistles, go on a shopping

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Policywise 

Big, bad medical bills: Time for a legal fix?

January 11, 2019January 25, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, laws, Mary Anderlik Majumder, Medical Bills

In a classic Ry Cooder song, marriage is described as sufficient to transform one ‘Big Bad Bill’ into a ‘Sweet William’. But big, bad medical

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Policywise 

The EpiPen shortage: A perfect pharmaceutical storm

August 31, 2018August 30, 2018Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Epipen Shortage, health policy

Any parent of school-aged children knows summer is not all about vacations and fun. One of the big back-to-school activities is the well-child check and

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How the medical community can encourage gun safety

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018Gun Safety, Gun Violence Awareness Day, health policy, Lea Kiefer, Leah Fowler

Ninety-six Americans are shot and killed every day. Five years ago, National Gun Violence Awareness Day began to honor one of those lives cut tragically

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