December 2021 - January 2022

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACTS ON HEALTH

Involves a discussion of how Placeable, Wearable, and Implantable Sensors have the potential to enhance individual and community health status. Read More

SEASONAL UNCERTAINTIES

Is a discussion of legislative initiatives that are on the agenda for the 2nd Session of the 117th Congress. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Refers to expansion of health insurance coverage, rural health care, and the effect of COVID-19 on health care expenditures. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Is about efforts to keep schools open during the pandemic; the federal government’s Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan; and unresolved issues of the Negotiated Rule-Making Committee. Read More

 

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • COVID Impact On Employment Status Of LGBTQ+ Individuals

  • Trends In Adolescent Cannabis-Related Hospitalizations By State Legalization Laws, 2008-2019

  • Factors Involving 10-Year Declines In Physical Health

  • How Skin Cells Form A First Line Of Defense Against Cancer Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

  • U.S. Healthcare Quality And Disparities

  • State Trends In Employer Premiums And Deductibles, 2010-2020

  • Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use Of Telehealth In 2020 Read More

 

THE CRISPR CHILDREN THREE YEARS LATER

Indicates that little continues to be known about the fate of the toddlers whose genes were edited during the embryonic phase of development. Read More

 

PATIENT SATISFACTION AND EXPERIENCE WITH TELEMEDICINE

Pertains to how this modality has been perceived as an alternative to face-to-face health care delivery services. Read More

2022-2023 ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS


TRENDS is the official newsletter of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (122 C St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C., 20001. Tel: 202-237-6481) Trends is published 10 times each year and is available on the Association’s website at www.asahp.org. For more information, contact the editor, Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.PH.


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