Health Policy Program

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Avoidable Care Conference

This April, a group of providers, researchers, and other health policy experts will come together to discuss the meaning of avoidable care, and what the medical profession can do to prevent it. Check out the conference website!

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New Health Dialogue

Stay up on health care related news and get New America’s take on current health issues - read the New Health Dialogue blog and follow us on Twitter.

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Can Cancer Ever Be Ignored?

Shannon Brownlee's New York Times Magazine piece with Jeanne Lenzer chronicles the history and the debate around PSA testing for prostate cancer - and the new recommendation from the US Preventive Services Task force that says it's not worthwhile. Video and article here!

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Patient Decision Aids and Shared Decision Making

This primer, from Shannon Brownlee, MS, Vanessa Hurley, MPH, and Ben Moulton, JD, MPH, explains: What is shared decision-making, and what role do patient decision aids play in it?

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All Over The Map: Elective Procedure Rates Vary Wildly in California

The California Healthcare Foundation offers a cool interactive map that shows how elective medical procedures vary hugely across the state. The map is linked to a report by Vanessa Hurley and Shannon Brownlee.

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Publications

The Doctor Will See You-If You're Quick
Apr 17, 2012 | Newsweek |
Shannon Brownlee
Why Doctors Uselessly Prescribe Antibiotics for a Common Cold
Apr 16, 2012 | TIME Magazine |
Shannon Brownlee
The Right Rx for Better Health Care: Rise Up to Challenge the Industry's Lobbying Power
Mar 29, 2012 | New York Daily News |
Shannon Brownlee
Time to Re-Regulate the Airlines
Mar 29, 2012 | USA Today |
Phillip Longman
Can You Comparison-Shop for Surgery?
Feb 27, 2012 | TIME Magazine |
Shannon Brownlee
The Latest Big Pharma Scandal
Jan 31, 2012 | TIME Magazine |
Shannon Brownlee
What Doctors Know — and We Can Learn — About Dying
Jan 16, 2012 | TIME Magazine |
Shannon Brownlee
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Recent and Upcoming Events

Conference on Avoiding Avoidable Care
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 9:00am | Cambridge
Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 3:00pm | Washington
The Coming Challenge
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 12:15pm | Washington
Moving Beyond Death Panels
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 12:00pm | Washington
Taking Vital Signs
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 12:00pm | San Francisco
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Mission Statement

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The New America Foundation’s Health Policy Program is committed to achieving a high-quality, coordinated, and economically sustainable health care system. Building on its successful advocacy for increased access, New America’s Health Policy Program has shifted focus to the next crucial step in reform: improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of America’s health care delivery system. The Health Policy Program is committed not only to discovering best practices in medicine and health promotion, but also to communicating these practices to the broadest possible audience, including policy makers, health care professionals and especially consumers of health care, through scholarly work, convening and original journalism. (Read the full program description)

New Health Dialogue

"What are the benefits?' What are the risks? Are there alternatives?"
Joe Colucci
Friday, May 11, 2012
Those are the final questions in this article on Yahoo! News, under the title "How Much Medicine Do You Need?" The final quote comes from Rita Redberg, editor of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine, and pretty much sums up the questions that people ought to ask themselves when...
The Lifesaving(?) Technology of Facebook
Shannon Brownlee
Joe Colucci
Thursday, May 10, 2012
When most of us think about Facebook, the first phrase that comes to mind probably isn’t “good Samaritan.”  Facebook is an easy way to keep in touch with friends, and it can be a gigantic time-suck, for sure, but last week the site did something that could truly benefit a lot of people. On May 1,...
Big Win for Public Health - F.D.A. Style
Christopher Hildebrand
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
In case you missed it, the FDA came out with new rules last week to limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals. While at first glance this might seem unrelated to health issues in humans, it actually matters quite a lot. The connection works like this: the indiscriminate use of antibiotics to...
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Health Policy Program Staff

Shannon Brownlee
Shannon Brownlee
Acting Director, Health Policy Program

Shannon Brownlee, MS, is acting director of the New America Health Policy...

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Joe Colucci
Research Associate, Health Policy Program

Joe Colucci is a research associate in the Health Policy Program. He assists...

Leif Wellington Haase
Leif Wellington Haase
Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy Program

Leif Wellington Haase is a California-based senior fellow in the Health...

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Vanessa Hurley
Analyst, Health Policy Program

Vanessa Hurley is an analyst for New America’s Health Policy Program. She...

Phillip Longman
Phillip Longman
Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy Program

Phillip Longman is a Senior Research Fellow with the New America Foundation’...

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