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Legal Challenges to Health Reform

November 30, 2011 | Issue Brief

Policy brief examines legal challenges to ACA.

Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health

May 24, 2012 | Program Result

Public Health Law Research promotes the effective use of law to improve public health. It does so through commissioning original research on the health impacts of laws and regulations and by promoting rigorous research methods.

Medical Malpractice

April 1, 2011 | Report

This Update reviews the evidence concerning the effects of both traditional and innovative medical liability reforms on defensive medicine and medical liability costs.

The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children

March 13, 2012 | Program Result

The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children brought together pediatric clinicians, social workers and lawyers at three Seattle area medical facilities to address the unmet legal needs of low-income patients and their families.

Promoting Greater Access to Health Information

March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief

The premiere issue of LegalNotes, an online Aligning Forces for Quality publication, provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' guidelines for HIPAA's Privacy Rule.

Babies Can't Wait

January 1, 2004 | Program Result

Starting in March 2001, New York State's Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children developed and implemented a pilot training project in the Bronx family court system called "Babies Can't Wait."

Legal Volunteers Provide Services to Help Meet Health Needs of Poor Children in New York City

July 1, 2003 | Program Result

Legal intervention to protect the rights of children can be a necessary step in meeting their health needs.

How to Protect Scientific Integrity and Business Interests

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

In 2000, the Washington law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft defined the implications of the Shelby Amendment, which requires that all data produced by federally supported scientists at nonprofit institutions be publicly available through the Freedom of Information Act.

Mixed Verdict for Antitrust and Anti-Fraud Laws Governing Health Care Providers and Organizations

December 1, 2001 | Program Result

Legal scholars at the Vanderbilt University School of Law reviewed the effects of existing laws on the ability of health care managers to control costs and the quality of medical services delivered under new market-driven health care systems.

Model Ordinance "Mini-Brief" Guides Cities in Banning Alcohol and Tobacco Billboards

May 31, 2000 | Program Result

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., analyzed the issues in constitutional and federal law involved in prohibiting billboard advertising of tobacco products.

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