Folks, We’ve been trying to make the HEDIR page more user-friendly and in that effort we’ve ignored the blog. So starting today I’ll start making a concerted effort to contribute. If you’ve been following the HEDIR, there has been a major discussion on the role of CHES and its importance/relevance, licensure of health educators and [...]
Unless one has been in hiding the last week no doubt you have been inundated with information regarding the H1N1 flu virus that has been seen in various pockets of the U.S. It seems like every day there is a more information, but as of this writing it appears (and not that the emphasis is [...]
According to the Wednesday, March 11, 2009 issue of USA Today, “The biggest problem the country has is the cost of health care.” This is a mantra that has increased in volume throughout my lifetime. There have been many efforts to fix all or parts of the problem, but the most recent effort to put [...]
When the “Hillarycare” healthcare reform proposal of 1993 went down in flames, there were many prognosticators who speculated that it would take 20-25 years before another serious healthcare reform proposal would be offered by a presidential administration. Based on Mr. Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, and the forecast published by major [...]