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Physicians Who Prescribe Too Many Painkillers Head Back to School to Save Licenses

March 1, 2007 | 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.

Resource Center Addresses Legal Issues for People with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

February 20, 2007 | 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.

The Supreme Court and Health Reform

September 27, 2012 | Issue Brief

The future of Medicaid expansion is less certain now that the high court has made it optional for states to participate.

Disclosure-And-Resolution Programs That Include Generous Compensation Offers May Prompt A Complex Patient Response

December 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Under “disclosure-and-resolution” programs, health systems disclose adverse events to affected patients and their families; apologize; and, where appropriate, offer compensation.

Biomarkers Unbound

June 21, 2012 | Journal Article

Biomarkers may prove important in medicine, but controversy about biomarker patents has increased in recent years.

Medical Malpractice Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records

November 18, 2010 | 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.

Accountable Care Organizations and Antitrust

April 11, 2012 | 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.

Lawyer Uses Legal System to Battle Poverty, Improve Health for Working Poor

October 17, 2012 | News Release

RWJF honors Amy Johnson, JD, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.

Liability Concerns and Shared Use of School Recreational Facilities in Underserved Communities

October 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Schools provide a facility for recreation in underserved communities many schools, however, fear liability issues, posing a barrier to community access.

Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

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.

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