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	<title>HEALTH REFORM WATCH</title>
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	<description>A Web Log of the Seton Hall University School of Law,      Health Law &#38; Policy Program</description>
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		<title>The Hippocratic Math</title>
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Here&#8217;s an abstract of my review of Gregg Bloche&#8217;s fascinating book, The Hippocratic Myth:
Not many policymakers or scholars can write with the authority of Gregg Bloche. Bloche is not only a law professor, but a physician, who knows his way around a hospital. Throughout The Hippocratic Myth, Bloche cements his authority in the mind of the reader by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/02/01/the-hippocratic-math/</link>
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		<title>Reorganization of UMDNJ to be Implemented this Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 25, 2012, after nearly a decade of deliberations and strategic planning, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Advisory Committee issued its Final Report pursuant to a directive from Governor Chris Christie. The Report calls for and explains a proposed reorganization and &#8220;complete overhaul&#8221; of the University of Medicine and Dentistry, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/31/reorganization-of-umdnj-to-be-implemented-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Navigating the New Field of International Health Law, Featuring Gian Luca Burci, Legal Counsel for WHO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This lecture, &#8220;Navigating the New Field of International Health Law,&#8221; will explore the intersection of health and  international law and the emergence of International Health Law as a  practice area. Featuring Gian Luca Burci, Legal Counsel for the World  Health Organization, this program will focus on the growing interactions  between health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/29/navigating-the-new-field-of-international-health-law-featuring-gian-luca-burci-legal-counsel-for-the-who/</link>
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		<title>Research, the Avian Flu and Bioterrorism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In their zeal to keep us all alive, it seems fair to say that public health officials love bioterrorism preparedness measures. In fact, the only thing they might love planning for more is pandemics. So last month, when researchers at two different facilities revealed they were able to mutate the virulent H5N1 avian flu strain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/26/research-the-avian-flu-and-bioterrorism/</link>
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		<title>Bill Requiring Licensure of One-Room Ambulatory Surgery Centers  In New Jersey Dies in Gov. Christie&#8217;s Pocket</title>
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Governor Christie has pocket vetoed a bill that would have required one-room ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in New Jersey to be licensed by the State Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), as ASCs with more than one operating room already are.
More than One Room 
Under current law (e.g., N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.; N.J.A.C. 8:43A), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/24/bill-requiring-licensure-of-one-room-ambulatory-surgery-centers-in-new-jersey-dies-in-gov-christies-pocket/</link>
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		<title>Cuts in Mental Health Funding Continue; Supreme Court to Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As America waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in, and decide on, the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) in March, state cuts in mental health funding continue unabated in many states throughout the country.  As previously mentioned here, the PPACA review undertaken by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/22/cuts-in-mental-health-funding-continue-supreme-court-to-rule/</link>
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		<title>Online Graduate Certificate Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The  next sessions for the Seton Hall Law Online Graduate Certificate  Programs will commence in February 2012. These 8-week non-degree  programs are designed for individuals who seek a greater understanding  of key aspects of the health care field.
The Pharmaceutical &#38; Medical Device Law &#38; Compliance Program  will begin on February [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/19/online-graduate-certificate-programs/</link>
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		<title>Professor Frank Pasquale featured in The Record on &#8216;A Constitutional Right to Health Care&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Frank Pasquale wrote a featured Op-ed in The Record, New  Jersey&#8217;s most awarded newspaper, regarding a constitutional right to  health care. Professor Pasquale, who is Associate Director of the Center  for Health &#38; Pharmaceutical Law &#38; Policy and Editor in Chief of HRW, writes:
SHOULD the Supreme Court weigh in on America&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/18/professor-frank-pasquale-featured-in-the-record-on-a-constitutional-right-to-health-care/</link>
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		<title>AALS Panel on Teaching Health Law: A Tour de Force</title>
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The health law section at AALS put on a truly outstanding program.  Jennifer Bard posted on the speakers and topics here, and I&#8217;d wanted to do a post reporting on the program.  But there was so much there that I&#8217;ll try to draft a post on each speaker, or at least a column from the Journal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/14/aals-panel-on-teaching-health-law-a-tour-de-force/</link>
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		<title>New Evidence on Smoking Marijuana and Lung Function; Update on New Jersey’s Nascent Medical Marijuana Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s JAMA includes an article reporting on new evidence that smoking marijuana does not negatively affect lung function. Smoking tobacco has long been known to harm the lungs and to increase the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, both leading causes of death. The risks posed by smoking marijuana, on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2012/01/12/new-evidence-on-smoking-marijuana-and-lung-function-update-on-new-jersey%e2%80%99s-nascent-medical-marijuana-program-2/</link>
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