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 'institution'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676761&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnQEjtLnxHgw%2F By Jason KuznickiThis month at Cato Unbound we're discussing a practical, everyday issue -- parking! Yes, Cato Unbound is supposed to cover big ideas, deep thoughts, and the like, but parking policy is both important in its own right and also points to what I consider a very interesting problem: Given a theoretical or abstract commitment to free markets, well, how do we get there in the real world? What would a free-market policy look like in this or that issue area? The answer isn't always obvious, and the map isn't the territory. Parking is interesting in this respect and possibly helpful. Parking is all around us, most of us deal with it every day, and the unintended consequences of parking policy are I think maybe easier to see than the unintended consequences in other fields. Parking... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676761 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:00:10 +0100 4676761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592356&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqVLqjXQly9U%2F By Gene HealyFor once, a new poll on the political attitudes of young Americans brings some good news.  The poll, "D.C.'s New Guard: What Does the Next Generation of American Leaders Think?"[.pdf]  is from the Brookings Institution, and it's the subject of my Washington Examiner column this week: "It's a survey of the type of kids who run for student government and choose to spend their summer vacations working in Washington," the authors explain, "youth who already have the 'Washington bug' and have set themselves towards a career in politics and policy." In other words ... creeps! If you're the rare bird who favors limited government at home and abroad, you can hardly expect good news from a poll of this generation's Tracy Flicks*. After all, aren't these just the sort of model U.N. t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592356 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:21:11 +0100 4592356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848868&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhen-a-medical-school-changes-its-name%2F2010.08.09 They are changing the name of my med school alma mater and I am upset about it. But not for the reasons you may think. I am a proud graduate of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). This has been the name of the school since it opened its doors in 1973. Last week, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school to the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMU). In a press release from the school, the new president and dean, Dr. Jay Gershen, said this: “The current name no longer reflects who we are as a University. In addition to a College of Medicine and a College of Pharmacy, we also added a College of Graduate Studies last year,” said Gershen. “We are a strong institution with a health sciences curriculum, and we want a stron... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848868 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:42:07 +0100 3848868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3812979&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmayo-clinic-center-for-social-media-%25e2%2580%2593-what-it-represents%2F2010.08.02 In a move that may represent a new level of social health organization within large institutions, the Mayo Clinic announced that it has launched The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. Mayo intends to “accelerate effective application of social media tools throughout Mayo Clinic and to spur broader and deeper engagement in social media by hospitals, medical professionals and patients to improve health globally.” Look for more information in Mayo’s press release which is diplomatically vague while at the same time lofty and enticing. So what does this really mean? The Mayo Clinic recognizes opportunity. The opportunity to formally offer comprehensive social media training to hospitals and medical schools is huge. The Mayo Clinic can and should leverage what they’ve done both to the... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3812979 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:00:50 +0100 3812979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652398&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYy22vptrYik%2F By Neal McCluskeyArguably the most troubling aspect of the push for national education standards has been the failure — maybe intentional, maybe not — of standards supporters to be up front about what they want and openly debate the pros and cons of their plans. Unfortunately, as Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios laments today, supporters are using the same stealthy approach to implement their plans on an unsuspecting public. Standing in stark contrast to most of his national-standards brethren is the Fordham Institute’s Mike Petrilli, who graciously came to Cato last week to debate national standards and is now in a terrific blog exchange with the University of Arkansas’s Jay Greene. Petrilli deserves a lot of credit for at least trying to answer s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652398 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:47:45 +0100 3652398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635744&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnutrition-and-the-government-donuts-for-freedom%2F2010.06.07 An interesting press release from the Competitive Enterprise Institute recently came across our desk and is reproduced in full below. I’m curious what our readers think of it, and of the government’s role in nutritional issues, given the link between nutrition and health: Institute Calls for Civil Disobedience on National Donut Day As Government Meddling in Nutritional Issues Mounts, CEI Advises, “Eat Two Donuts Today—One for Yourself, and One for Your Freedom” Washington, D.C., June 4, 2010 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government intrusion into nutritional issues. CEI urged people to eat two donuts — “one for yourself, and one as an act of patriotic civil disobedience.�... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635744 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3635744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515442&cid=t_123259_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F29%2Fmental-health-care-at-harvard%2F This article is also remarkable because, in part, of the frankness displayed by a senior staff member at Harvard University. John D. “Jay” Ellison is the secretary of the Harvard Administration Board, the committee setup to review students who want to return to the school after taking a leave of absence. “If we have a case where a student is considered capable of coming back, but can’t resume full studies, we hesitate.” said Ellison. “Harvard is an academic institution, not a mental institution or a halfway house.” [...] “This may sound cold, but my job is not to care about the specific circumstances of a student’s case,” Ellison said. “I need to know what their requirements were, and if they complied.” Cold? Nah, you merely sound like a bureaucratic robot. Sugges... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515442 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:39:31 +0100 3515442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275776&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqSjM27wf6YY%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonJay Greene has responded to my review of the new Brookings Institution school choice report which he co-authored, raising a crucial issue for the education policy and research communities. Jay points out that the report is a work of realpolitik rather than scholarship, and as such contends that it must find a compromise between the policies best supported by the evidence and those that have a real chance of being implemented. He makes the related argument that incrementalism is the only realistic path to success. I agree with Jay that it’s good for analysts to find ways of improving current policy even when the ideal policies are not politically feasible. But these realpolitik recommendations must be clearly distinguished from the ideal policies themselves. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275776 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:38:46 +0100 3275776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269680&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTV3VfaOfeQE%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonA new Brookings Institution report suggests ways for the federal government to promote school choice. On the eve of its release, I voiced some practical and constitutional objections to the idea. Now that the report is out, contributing author Jay Greene asks if I’m still apprehensive. The short answer is yes. Brookings assembled an impressive group of scholars to write the report, and their education policy recommendations deserve serious consideration. Their goal of ensuring more and better access to more and better educational choices is one that I share, and I hope the following comments will help advance that goal. Good policy, like good science, is grounded in concrete evidence. Only where evidence is lacking is it wise to fall back on theory. The Brookings rep... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269680 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:41:32 +0100 3269680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193703&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5ZuJPT709tA%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonThe Brookings Institution will release a new school choice policy guide on February 2nd, and from the sound of it, children, parents, taxpayers, and the authors themselves should be concerned.  The guide will provide: a series of practical and novel recommendations for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including national chartering of virtual education providers; expanding the types of information collected on school performance; providing incentives for low-performing school districts to increase choice and competition; and creating independent school choice portals to aid parents in choosing between schools. The goals these recommendations are meant to achieve are entirely laudable, but there are three reasons for serious concern: 1)  ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193703 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:08:47 +0100 3193703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075478&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJgUE4NKrvDg%2F By Chris EdwardsIn his Brookings Institution speech yesterday, President Obama called for more Keynesian-style spending stimulus for the economy, including increased investment on government projects and expanded subsidy payments to the unemployed and state governments. The package might cost $150 billion or more. The president said that we’ve had to “spend our way out of this recession.” We’ve certainly had massive spending, but it doesn’t seemed to have helped the economy, as the 10 percent unemployment rate attests to. It’s not just that the Obama “stimulus” package from February has apparently failed. The total Keynesian stimulus is not measured by the spending in that bill only, but by the total size of federal government defici... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075478 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:43:42 +0100 3075478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477543&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FealLB71BbNA%2F As I note in my New York Post op-ed today, Republicans are fond of implying that President Obama is a big-spending socialist. But the House GOP recently offered a spending cut plan that was able to find savings worth less than one percent of Obama’s budget. As Tad DeHaven and Brian Riedl have also pointed out, the GOP spending reform effort is rather pathetic. It proposed specific annual budget cuts of about $14 billion per year. Consider that the center-left budget wonks at the Brookings Institution put their heads together a few years ago and came up with a “smaller government plan” that proposed about $342 billion in annual spending cuts (by 2014). The Brookings authors note:   These cuts are achieved by reducing government subsidies to commercial activities (... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477543 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:18:22 +0100 2477543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1879947&cid=t_123259_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fzg0rjCiKwdY%2F We won’t be jumping in these abandoned pools any time soon—-this one is in a “modernist mental institution“—-more than glad I am able to take Charlie to our YMCA pool to swim with everyone else. Tags: abandoned pool, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities blog, disability, Education, Health, mental institution, modern, parenthood, swimming poolShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879947 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:54:28 +0100 1879947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902917&cid=t_123259_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.nodalpoint.org%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fscience_blogging_at_the_royal_institution_london Nature Publishing Group are organising a workshop on science blogging, this Saturday 30th August 2008 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. Why would you care? Because there are: Lots of interesting people... ...talking about a range of interesting subjects ... .. in a distinguished venue that has recently been refurbished. It is also home to the fantastic Christmas lectures and much more besides. To cap it all, I think it will be great fun too. So if you're going, see you there. If you're not, it is never too late to publish your fantasy science funding entry. Much of the conference will be televised and blogged, making it available online too. read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902917 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:07:17 +0100 2902917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1648902&cid=t_123259_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fget-on-board.html Is it me, or is this the week for changing organizational boards?Actually, not all the board news was about new members, nor did some of the changes just happen, but I seem to be getting a bunch of announcements or application solicitations this week.Today, HIMSS announced that its new elected officers and board members took office July 1. Yes, the announcement was dated today:Advancing the Adoption of Health IT, New HIMSS Board Members Take OfficeChuck Christian and Liz Johnson assume top positions on Board of Directors for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society CHICAGO (July 23, 2008) – Focused on improving the delivery of patient care through health IT and management systems, new officers and elected members of the HIMSS Board of Directors took office on July 1.Char... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1648902 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:34:00 +0100 1648902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149661&cid=t_123259_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F216634674%2F Here’s a story from the Bad Old Days of the big asylums. Apparently years ago on a long-stay ward at the Faerie Realm Hospital they used to bring round the tea in ready-mixed jugs of “Regular Tea” (tea, milk and sugar all mixed together) and “Diabetic Tea” (tea, milk and sweetener all mixed together) - because [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149661 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:23:21 +0100 1149661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=952152&cid=t_123259_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomensbioethics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fdeinstitutionalisation-institution.html (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=952152 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:03:00 +0100 952152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773387&cid=t_123259_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F139760377%2F 100,000 children with intellectual and developmental disabilities were housed in 162 state facilities—some say as many as 200—-across the US in 1967. This was the “height of institutionalization,” notes today’ s CNN.com. The CNN.com story, Families get help finding loved ones lost in institutions, focuses on the efforts of some families seeking to reconnect with relatives who were sent to institutions many, many years ago. Jeff Daly, who last saw his sister, Molly, when he was six years old in 1957, has made a film about his efforts to reconnect with his sibling, Where’s Molly?. Molly, born with a club foot and a lazy eye, was three when she was sent away to live at Fairview; the CNN.com story notes that “When she was around 2, records show, docto... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773387 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:37:21 +0100 773387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=654516&cid=t_123259_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F121699765%2F It was in 1971 that Betty Burns was told that her 5-year-old son David had autism. Burns said she and her husband rejected a recommendation by a doctor to send their autistic son, David, to a “nice institution,” when he was still a young child. “I don’t think there is such a place as a nice institution,” Burns said. The June 1st Marin Independent Journal shows David Burns working at his part-time job at a Barnes & Noble book store in San Rafael, CA; he lives in a group home. He is just a few years older than me; the places mentioned in the article are from places near where I grew up (in Oakland, California). I didn’t see students like David Burns was and like my son Charlie is when I was a child: How many of them were already in “nice instit... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=654516 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:00:08 +0100 654516