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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

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and abroad was the topic of a recent Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar. Should state and local governments provide direct grants or tax relief to promising startups? Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

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This month's Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar explored the politics of "Romneycare," a state-level health reform which in many ways made possible the future Affordable Care Act. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Owning a car is a choice.

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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

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In this month's Georgetown University Health Policy seminar, we discussed two examples, anemia drugs and the diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) , which were prominently featured in recent articles by Peter Whoriskey in The Washington Post. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine