December 2022 - January 2023
REORIENTING U.S. HEALTH CARE
Discusses how viewing clinicians as interchangeable parts can be harmful in treating patients. Read More
117th CONGRESS DRAWS TO A CLOSE
Is about completion of legislation on federal government spending and changes involving the new 118th Congress. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
Looks at the worrisome nature of health personnel shortages, national health expenditures in 2021, and increasing Medicare-funded physician residency slots for hospitals in underserved communities. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Describes the controversy over a federal plan to reduce student educational debt and how rising health costs for students imposed by academic institutions can be challenging. Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
Population-Level Trends in Adult Pain Treatments
Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Risk
Delivery Of Human Organ Transplantation By Drones
Applications Of Speech Analysis In Psychiatry Read More
OBTAINABLE RESOURCES
Observing Race And Ethnicity Through A New Lens
What A Decline In Fertility Means For State Budgets
Families Caring For An Aging America Read More
DEBATE OVER ADOPTION OF PERMANENT STANDARD TIME IN THE U.S.
Refers to expected health benefits associated with switching away from Daylight Saving Time. Read More
UNSETTLED SCIENCE AND TERMINOLOGY INEXACTITUDES
Pertains to how existing paradigms can act to prevent contrary authentic evidence from being accepted and how inconsistent terminology can contribute to science being more unsettled than settled. Read More
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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