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In this issue...
Welcome
Current Developments
Upcoming Events
News
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Welcome
Greetings to all.
We hope this year's first e-newsletter finds you well. We invite you to
read the excellent essays that have been incorporated into this
newsletter as well as see the upcoming and past events of the Hall
Center.
Just to update you on our activities, Dr.
David Orentlicher has been busy writing an article entitled: "Presumed
Consent to Organ Donation: Its Rise and Fall in the United States,"
61(2) Rutgers Law Review (forthcoming Winter 2009). He has given
several presentations over the summer including traveling to
Philadelphia to speak on the subject of his article. Professor Eleanor
Kinney has also been busy writing several articles and giving
presentations. Most recently she was involved in the Emergency
Preparedness Conference at the Marion County Health and Hospital
Corporation as a moderator.
We invite you to submit any news you may
have or to update your contact information by contacting Jennifer
Lemmon at jelemmon@iupui.edu.
With Warmest Regards,
Professor Eleanor Kinney, J.D., M.P.H.
Professor David Orentlicher, J.D., M.D. |
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Current Developments
Obama v. McCain
By: Health Enewsletter Board
The struggle between
presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama has been deemed a
derisive head-to-head battle between polar opposites, an idea that
truly manifests itself in the candidates' proposed health care
programs. On the one hand, McCain has drafted a market-based
approach, relying on economic factors to provide greater health care
options. Obama, on the other hand, utilizes the government in his
fight to provide health care for all Americans. Read more...
 The Gathering Storm: Nanotechnology, Healthcare, and the Law
By: Ralph F. Hall
Counsel, Baker & Daniels and Distinguished Visiting Practitioner and Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School
Periodically, a new technology comes
along with the potential to reshape society. Transistors,
microelectronics, biotechnology, and computer-based information systems
are just a few examples. Nanotechnology presents this same or
greater potential. Pundits estimate that nanotechnology-based
products will account for trillions of dollars in sales in only
a few years. Yet, in order to achieve its promise, nanotechnology
must address a plethora of new and unusual legal, social, and ethical
issues that are just now starting to be explored. Read more...
 To Err is Human, but is it Preventable? The Impact of the CMS HAC/POA Rule on Healthcare Systems & Providers
By: Jackie Landess, 3L
Last year, the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) took a leading role in its move toward pay
for performance when promulgating the FY2008 Inpatient Prospective
Payment System (IPPS) final rule, which listed eight medical conditions
to be denied reimbursement if acquired during a patient's hospital
stay. Read more...
Hall Center for Law and Health Alumni Steering Committee
By: Jennifer E. Lemmon, 3L
In May 2008, the Hall Center for Law
and Health ("Hall Center") at Indiana University School of
Law-Indianapolis created the Hall Center for Law and Health Alumni
Steering Committee ("Steering Committee"). The Hall Center is
currently comprised of three student organizations: the Health Law
Society, the Indiana Health Law Review, and the Health E-Newsletter.
The Steering Committee has been organized to provide advice and
suggestions to the Hall Center's leadership and organizations in order
to further their relevance to legal professionals. Read more...
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Upcoming Events
October 29, 2008
Health Reform Debate
What do YOU know about health care reform? Are you prepared for November 4th?
Speaker: Aaron Carroll, MD, MS and David A. Hyman, JD
Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Inlow Hall, Wynne Courtroom
Contact: Heather McCabe, hamccabe@iupui.edu
The Consortium for Health Policy, Law & Bioethics, the
Health Law Society, the Hall Center for Law & Health, and IUPUI
welcome speakers: Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, IUSM Professor of Pediatrics
& David A. Hyman, J.D., U of Illinois Professor of Law &
Medicine to the Wynne Courtoom on Wednesday, October 29th from 4:00pm -
5pm.
Reception will follow. View Flyer |
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News
 Center for Law and Health Welcomes Faculty Fellow from Turkey
The Hall Center for Law and Health at
the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis is hosting Professor
Halit Yilmaz from the law faculty at Akdeniz University in Antalya,
Turkey. Professor Yilmaz will be a visiting fellow at the Hall Center
during the 2008-09 academic year. Read more...
 Prof. Orentlicher Participates in Indiana Health Care Debate
A Gubernatorial Forum was held Monday,
October 13 in the Lilly Auditorium of IUPUI's University Library's and
featured representatives for each major-party candidate presenting
details of their respective candidates' plans. Indiana State
Senator Patrica Miller represented Republican Governor Mitch
Daniels, and Indiana State Representative, Professor David Orentlicher,
M.D. presented on behalf of Democrat Jill Long Thompson. Libertarian
candidate Andy Horning represented himself. Each representative
presented their candidate's health care platform and answered questions
from a panel of students. An online version of the Center for Health
Policy's assessment is posted at www.policyinstitute.iu.edu.
State Health Department Reports Third Human Case of West Nile Virus
INDIANAPOLIS - State health officials
report one probable human case of West Nile virus in Marion
County. This is the third human case of West Nile virus infection
in Indiana this year. The other human cases were in Perry and
Tippecanoe counties. West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by
mosquitoes that have first bitten an infected bird. A person bitten by
an infected mosquito may show symptoms from three to 15 days after the
bite. Health officials say although individuals age 50 and over
are at greatest risk for serious illness and possibly death from the
West Nile virus, people of all ages have been infected with the virus
and have had severe health problems. For more information, visit
the Indiana State Department of Health Web site at: www.statehealth.IN.gov. |
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