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Op-ed: Innovate with clinical care teams, not APRN independent practice
Certain aspects of straightforward mild illness and preventive care can be delivered just as well from an APRN as from a seasoned doctor. But does that warrant completely independent practice for APRNs in primary care without limitations?
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Community colleges: Time to be revolutionary
The community colleges of the state of Connecticut ought to declare their independence from the Board of Regents for Higher Education
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Op-ed: Portrait of a physician as an older man
I disagree with Dr. Marr’s conclusions. Physicians have not fallen from Grace: We are being pushed. But we will have a soft landing, if only we can survive the next few years.
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Op-ed: It’s pragmatic: APRNs should be able to practice independent of doctors
For those against granting independence to the nurses, their paranoia must be tempered with pragmatism. The health system is inefficient, and the time is right for innovation.
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Op-ed: Our Vietnam veterans need your help
Nearly half the surviving 100,000 members of the U.S. Navy and Fleet Marines who fought in Vietnam between 1962 and 1975 may be suffering disabilities from the effects of Agent Orange/dioxin.
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Op-ed: Put CT on the presidential map
A national popular vote is consistent with one of America’s deeply held values: every vote should be equally important.
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Op-ed: Invest in Connecticut’s children
Over the past two decades, Connecticut has committed less and less of its budget to young people.
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Child Protection: A system crying for change
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has adopted a “differential response system” that allows its caseworkers more flexibility in reacting to various kinds of child abuse and neglect, depending on the risk to the family. Families and staff say this new kind of intervention is more effective, satisfying and respectful.
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CT Mirror gets it right — then wrong — with Trinity students’ Sheff data visualizations
Students in the Cities, Suburbs & Schools seminar at Trinity College and I had the privilege of designing online data visualizations with CT Mirror journalists Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Alvin Chang, which they recently published in their January 15, 2014 story, “By the numbers: Integrating schools in CT.”
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Maximum security is no place for traumatized girls
Across the country, states are closing or downsizing juvenile justice facilities. This has been happening during an unprecedented reduction in youth crime. Juvenile courts and state juvenile justice agencies are finding that they can protect the public and improve the lives of youth by using community resources more and relying less on institutions.
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It’s time to face the facts and fix the problems
Like a ship adrift at sea, our state is rudderless. Leadership seems bent on serving every interest except the public’s, and the inevitable outcome has been a nonexistent economic recovery and increasing financial insecurity for people all across the state.
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Revamp the property tax system to overcome unfairness, inefficiency
This should be the year state policymakers start to revamp the state’s property tax structure. We know that the system is unfair, and there is a clear path forward to fix it. Current property taxes are unfair in a number of ways. Owners of properties with the same fair market value pay vastly different property taxes based on which town they are in. Owners also pay very different taxes for the same level of local public services. Residents often receive very different levels of local public services for the same level of taxes paid.
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University of Connecticut statement on transfer credit policy proposal
I am the spokesperson at UConn, and wish to take this opportunity to address the issue of transferring credits and the unfortunate misunderstandings that have surrounded this issue.
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Honoring a solemn day in our state’s history
Nearly a year ago, our state was confronted by an act of confounding evil. For many of us, the emotions we felt that day and in the days after are still raw, as if the events at Sandy Hook Elementary School happened only a moment ago. Of course, no one feels this more than the families and friends who lost a loved one that terrible day.