March 1, 2007
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Program Result Report
Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center created the Center for Professional Health, which provides a program for health professionals who overprescribe painkillers or other controlled drugs.
February 20, 2007
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Program Result Report
Eric Schnapper, L.L.B., and a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Law established the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Legal Issues Resource Center.
September 27, 2012
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Issue Brief
The future of Medicaid expansion is less
certain now that the high court has made it optional for states to participate.
December 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Under “disclosure-and-resolution” programs, health systems disclose adverse events to affected patients and their families; apologize; and, where appropriate, offer compensation.
June 21, 2012
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Journal Article
Biomarkers may prove important in medicine, but controversy about biomarker patents has increased in recent years.
November 18, 2010
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Journal Article
The malpractice liability implications of the increased use of electronic health records (EHRs) will vary over the course of EHR adoption into medical practice, ending in a shift in the legal standards of care.
April 11, 2012
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Journal Article
A new initiative of the Affordable Care Act known as accountable care organizations, received final rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
October 17, 2012
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News Release
RWJF honors Amy Johnson, JD, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
October 1, 2011
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Journal Article
Schools provide a facility for recreation in underserved communities many schools, however, fear liability issues, posing a barrier to community access.
National Program
An approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, trauma and crime by uniting juvenile courts, probation, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and the community.