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		<title>New Hampshire Health Reform: &#8220;The Road Not Taken&#8221; or &#8220;Ambition must be made to counter ambition&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/03/03/new-hampshire-health-reform-the-road-not-taken-or-ambition-must-be-made-to-counter-ambition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dick Cannon, Vice President of Finance and Administration, University of New Hampshire
Many will recognize the first title as the famous poem by New Hampshire’s own Robert Frost. While there are many interpretations of this poem, here I am presenting it as a paean to individualism and non-conformism. The second quote comes from James Madison, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping My Child Out of the ER: The Importance of Accessible Data</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/22/keeping-my-child-out-of-the-er-the-importance-of-accessible-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amy Costello, Project Director, New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
Last Thursday, after a scary afternoon of trying to manage my daughter’s asthma at home, we ended up in the Emergency Room. Elizabeth is 20 months old.  She has had asthma-like symptoms with a cold so I was able to recognize that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Technology to Engage Patients in Their Health Care</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/16/using-technology-to-engage-patients-in-their-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denise Purington, BSN RN
Vice President Information Technology and Services, Chief Information Officer, Elliot Health System
With all the talk of health care reform, the use of electronic medical records, and empowering patients to get more involved in health care decisions, it seems appropriate to share what health care providers around the country are doing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Health: improving health, preventing disease, and reducing health care costs for all</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/09/public-health-improving-health-preventing-disease-and-reducing-health-care-costs-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/09/public-health-improving-health-preventing-disease-and-reducing-health-care-costs-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgirardin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kristina Diamond, Policy Director, New Hampshire Public Health Association
The mission of the New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) is to strengthen the public health system to more effectively protect and improve the health and safety of our population. Many people don’t realize that public health initiatives help improve health, prevent disease and reduce health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Payment Reform and What Are We Doing About It?  Part 2</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/04/why-payment-reform-and-what-are-we-doing-about-it-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/04/why-payment-reform-and-what-are-we-doing-about-it-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second piece in a two part series about health care payment reform. Part one is available at NH Health Care Town Hall, where you can sign up to receive announcements about new blog pieces. Also, we invite you to follow the Citizens Health Initiative on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
By Heather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Payment Reform and What Are We Doing About It?</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/02/why-payment-reform-and-what-are-we-doing-about-it/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/02/02/why-payment-reform-and-what-are-we-doing-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Heather Staples, NH Citizens Health Initiative Staff
Part 1: Why Payment Reform
This is the first piece in a two part series about health care payment reform. The second part will be posted Thursday, February 4, 2010 at NH Health Care Town Hall, where you can sign up to receive announcements about our new blog pieces. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Cost of Health Care in New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/26/understanding-the-cost-of-healthcare-in-new-hampshire/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/26/understanding-the-cost-of-healthcare-in-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgirardin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bruce King, CEO &#38; President, New London Hospital
I am pleased to have the opportunity to comment on behalf of the New Hampshire health care provider community on the ongoing dialogue over reforming the health care delivery and financing systems. By way of background I have spent more than 30 years in my career in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How will we know?</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/19/how-will-we-know/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/19/how-will-we-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgirardin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jo Porter
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
In the current health reform climate, there is a tremendous amount of disagreement. Different political parties disagree about how close we are to a solution to the health care problem, members within individual parties disagree with one another, communities disagree with one another…it is a decisive issue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Patients the Tools to Manage Health Care</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/12/giving-patients-the-tools-to-manage-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/12/giving-patients-the-tools-to-manage-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgirardin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amy Schwartz, Associate Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice 
In early November, my husband and I bought a new minivan. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email. It was time for my first maintenance check, and the dealership sent a link for me to log in and make an appointment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Words Took the Life out of The Health Reform Debate</title>
		<link>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/05/how-words-took-the-life-out-of-the-health-reform-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://nhhealthcaretownhall.org/2010/01/05/how-words-took-the-life-out-of-the-health-reform-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgirardin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By James W. Squires, MD
I recently was informed that if I didn&#8217;t send text messages, my communication skills were simply out of synch with the modern world. So should I become a &#8220;texter?&#8221; Sorry, this isn&#8217;t for me. I like real sentences where words are carefully chosen for their precise meaning and intent. Maybe it [...]]]></description>
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