NOVEMBER 2024

DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY

Is about the relationship between declining birth and fertility rates, and the provision of informal care services to individuals with disabilities.

VITUPERATION AND THE ROLE OF A GOVERNOR

Describes the desirability of creating a mechanism against bouts of rancor that impede the production of effective federal government policies in health and higher education.

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Looks at the status of health care in the United States, challenges to advancing person-centered care, and the use of robots in nursing homes.

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Discusses why the term experiment might be more useful than the label program, higher education deserts, and rules to authorize debt relief.

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL) 

  • Daily Screen Time Among Teenagers, July 2021—December 2023

  • Reducing Prescription Drug Prices

  • Detecting Lung Cancer In Exhaled Breath

  • Plastic-Eating Bacteria Boost Growing Business Of Bioremediation

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES 

  • Race And Ethnicity In Biomedical Research

  • A New Conversation About Higher Education

  • The Rural Emergency Hospital Model

MANAGING WORKPLACE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RISKS

Pertains to how the most advanced models exhibit powerful capabilities that may pose harm to public safety.

HOSPITAL ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Refers to how a novel framework can be used to measure AI in the future.

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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