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This workshop, to be held in San Diego, will examine the theoretical and practical implications of implementing a Universal Health Language, as recommended in the 2010 report of the President's Council on Science and Technology. It is open to all interested parties, at a registration fee of $250.

We also are seeking corporate sponsors for this event at the $5,000 level.

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Atrial fibrillation is a chronic and costly condition affecting 2.5 million Americans, with its incidence increasing. Control is possible but is complex and may have undesirable side effects. Consequently, prevention is the “gold standard,” participants in a roundtable held by the Institute of Federal Health Care agreed.

Read the executive summary at: www.fedhealthinst.org

The executive summary from this roundtable, held on June 5, is available on the Institute of Federal Health Care website: www.fedhealthinst.org



The roundtable produced a frank assessment of current and emerging threats and actions that might help deal with them.



Also on the IFHC website is a brief piece by Ellen Embrey, currently performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, on DoD's… Continue

A brief commentary on the significance of the H1N1 reassortant can be found on the Institute of Federal Health Care website: It is written by Philip K. Russell, MD, Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, former commander of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and former special advisor on vaccine development and production in the HHS Office of Public Health Preparedness.

The website is available at www.fedhealthinst.org.

A summary from the March 27 roundtable discussion organized by the Institute of Federal Health Care is now available on the Institute website:

http://fedhealthinst.org/