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Study – Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It’s Not At Their Doctor’s Office

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Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It’s Not At Their Doctor’s Office, Stephen R. Pitts, Emily R. Carrier, Eugene C. Rich and Arthur L. Kellermann. Health Affairs, 29, no. 9 (2010): 1620-1629 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.1026

  • “Historically, general practitioners provided first-contact care in the United States. Today, however, only 42 percent of the 354 million annual visits for acute care—treatment for newly arising health problems—are made to patients’ personal physicians. The rest are made to emergency departments (28 percent), specialists (20 percent), or outpatient departments (7 percent). Although fewer than 5 percent of doctors are emergency physicians, they handle a quarter of all acute care encounters and more than half of such visits by the uninsured. Health reform provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that advance patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations are intended to improve access to acute care. The challenge for reform will be to succeed in the current, complex acute care landscape.”

    • IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Iran Degrading Safeguards Effectiveness; Low Enriched Uranium Production Holds Steady

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    Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright and Paul Brannan – Charts prepared by Christina Walrond – September 6, 2010: “The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released on September 6, 2010 its latest report on the implementation of NPT safeguards in Iran and the status of Iran’s compliance with Security Council Resolutions 1737,… Continue Reading

    USDA – National Farmers Market Search Engine

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    Bringing the Market to You, Hakim Fobia, Agricultural Marketing Service Public Affairs Specialist on September 3, 2010 “Have you ever wanted fresh, local produce but didn’t know how to find the nearest farmers market? The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) makes it easy with the National Farmers Market search engine, which lists more than 6,100… Continue Reading

    DOE National Laboratory Releases Annual Accomplishments Report

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    National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) 2009 accomplishments report, released September 2, 2010. “Energy research and technology development achievements, including advances in clean fossil-based systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS), are highlighted in the just-released National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) 2009 Accomplishments report. This year’s report, which details research and development (R&D) projects and activities… Continue Reading

    Coalition Demands FDA Deny Approval Of Controversial Genetically Engineered Fish

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    News release: “A coalition of 31 consumer, animal welfare and environmental groups, along with commercial and recreational fisheries associations and food retailers submitted a joint statement criticizing an announcement this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will potentially approve the long-shelved AquAdvantage transgenic salmon as the first genetically engineered (GE)… Continue Reading

    Presidential Proclamation–National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

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    Presidential Proclamation–National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month One of the greatest responsibilities we have as a Nation is to safeguard the health and well-being of our children. We now face a national childhood obesity crisis, with nearly one in every three of America’s children being overweight or obese. There are concrete steps we can take right… Continue Reading

    CRS Report – Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement

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    Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement, Ted Dagne, Specialist in African Affairs, August 5, 2010 Sudan, geographically the largest country in Africa, has been ravaged by civil war intermittently for four decades. More than 2 million people have died in Southern Sudan over the past two decades due to… Continue Reading

    More Transit = More Jobs: New Report

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    News release: “New data released by the Transportation Equity Network reveals that investment in public transit can create hundreds of thousands more jobs than highway projects. More Transit Equals More Jobs examines official project lists from 20 federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and concludes that “if [they] shifted 50 percent of their highway funds… Continue Reading