May 2022
AESCHYLUS AND HEALTH CARE QUALITY
discusses how health care is a sphere where many examples can be found of actions that result in outcomes that differ from what originally was anticipated. Read More
MENTAL HEALTH FOCAL POINT
is about key efforts on Capitol Hill to produce legislation that effectively will address drug overdose, suicide, and other problems. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
looks at the extent of health insurance coverage for the U.S. population, adverse events in hospitals, and prices paid to hospitals by private health plans. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
describes accreditation activities at the state level, plans to update Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and monitoring arrangements between colleges and online program managers. Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
Muscle-Building Exercise, Weapon Carrying, And Physical Fighting
Evaluation Of Age Patterns Of COVID-19 Mortality By Race And Ethnicity In The U.S.
Machine-Learning-Based In-Hospital COVID-19 Disease Outcome Predictor (CODOP)
Scent Dogs Detect Coronavirus Reliably From Skin Swabs
OBTAINABLE RESOURCES
How Discrimination In Health Care Affects Older Americans
Toward A Post-Pandemic World: Lessons From COVID-19
Sustaining A Fall In Medical Debt
FEDERAL REGULATION AND MORTALITY IN THE 50 STATES
refers to how some regulations are counterproductive in the sense that they increase rather than decrease mortality risk. Read More
SPECIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
pertains to how artificial general intelligence is unlikely to be developed, or emerge, any time soon. 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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