MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blueprint'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:40:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968636&cid=t_196085_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fzp2qA2Vkles%2F Discussions at HIMSS Day 1 Today’s been a really interesting first day of HIMSS. I’d... Obama’s Investment in EMR, EHR and Health Care IT I’ve been hearing a lot about Obama’s plans to invest... (Source: EMR and HIPAA) EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968636 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:35:52 +0100 4968636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477696&cid=t_196085_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHmZsgClsCq8%2F By Michael F. CannonYesterday, President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2012.  Many of my Cato colleagues have already discussed why the president should be embarrassed of this document.  Chris Preble writes that the president offers "faux cuts" to military spending.  Dan Mitchell says the president is "missing in action" on entitlement reform.  Chris Edwards writes that "the Obama administration has completely chickened out on spending reforms in its new budget." They were too kind.  This budget is thoroughly dishonest, too. Back in 1997, Congress enacted automatic reductions in the price controls that Medicare uses to pay for physician services.  Congress has delayed those cuts year after year, and everyone now agrees they are politically infeasible.  ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477696 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:03:14 +0100 4477696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455254&cid=t_196085_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBPMWdSKAd5w%2F By Tad DeHavenPresident Obama will release his budget blueprint for fiscal 2012 next week. If an op-ed penned by his budget director, Jacob Lew, in Sunday’s New York Times is any indication, the administration intends to continue fiddling while the government’s finances burn. The title of the piece, “The Easy Cuts Are Behind Us,” is a real head-scratcher. Lew’s “easy cuts” are an apparent reference to the $20 billion in savings the president proposed in his previous budgets. Considering that the president proposed total spending of $3.8 trillion last year, $20 billion in gross cuts was an insignificant gesture to say the least. In reality, the Bush administration passed the spending baton to the Obama administration two years ago and it promptly sprinted off like Usain Bolt. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455254 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:53:57 +0100 4455254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549307&cid=t_196085_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-decision-tree-for-personalized-medicine%2F2010.05.10 What’s amazing is that despite the vocal movement to empower patients, no one has put together a well-referenced, readable book to help patients understand how they should use personalized medicine to influence their health — until now. Enter The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine (Rodale 2010), something of a blueprint of patient liberation written by Thomas Goetz, executive editor of Wired magazine. It offers constructive narrative not only about the importance of the decisions we make but how to apply the concept of an old-fashioned decision tree in making those decisions. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549307 Mon, 10 May 2010 14:00:09 +0100 3549307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380725&cid=t_196085_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKYjFx7RRtMI%2F Yesterday the House and Senate passed a bloated $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for fiscal year 2010.  According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), “What is important to us as a nation is reflected in this budget. It’s a very happy day for our country.” Included in the blueprint is language that calls for an equal pay raise between military employees and civilian federal employees.  President Obama had originally proposed slightly higher pay for members of the armed services.  The exact pay raise for bureaucrats will be determined in the appropriations process, but it’s likely to be a hike of anywhere from 2.9% to 3.9%.  This would come on top of last year’s 3.9% raise. Omitted from the blueprint was language included in the Senate version by Sen. Tom Co... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380725 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:17:53 +0100 2380725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357407&cid=t_196085_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F22%2Fpaige-hemmis-blueprint-for-hope-with-depression%2F I just wanted to call out Alicia Sparks’ interview with Paige Hemmis of the TV show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, who has come out with her own struggle with depression. I believe that when celebrities talk freely and support educational programs such as this, it helps break down the barriers of stigma and misinformation about serious mental disorders like depression. And it shows folks that no matter how successful you may be, mental illness can strike anyone, at any time. Paige Hemmis is the spokesperson for a campaign called Blueprint For Hope, in an effort to get people talking more about depression (and most importantly, talking to a health care professional if they feel like they may have it). You can take our quick screening quiz for depression if you want to see if it&#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357407 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:08:27 +0100 2357407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829344&cid=t_196085_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F403369459%2Fobama-on-drugs.html Will he do anything about the Drug War?One issue largely missing in action during the presidential campaign has been the Drug War, and all the policy implications for addiction treatment that go with it. Our thanks go out to OnTheIssues blog for compiling the admittedly skimpy record of public statements about drug policy by both candidates. In this post, we examine the on-the-record views of Democratic candidate Barack Obama.The official Obama plan, as outlined in his campaign booklet, Blueprint for Change, calls for greater use of drug courts, job training for ex-offenders, and the elimination of sentencing disparities like the crack/powdered cocaine inequities. He does not favor lowering the current drinking age from 21 to 18, despite a collective push to do so by dozens of university p... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829344 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:20:00 +0100 1829344