Federal and state legislation, laws, and policies
Brief Project Description
CHSRP analyzes health laws and policies under consideration or in implementation, as well as federal and state court decisions, and assesses their impact on health policy, health care, and public health. Research topics span the full spectrum of health policy:
- National health reform
- Medicare and Medicaid reform
- Employee health benefits and health insurance
- Managed care and patients' rights
- HIV policy
- Health disparities policies
- Health information law and policy
- Policies affecting the health care safety net
- Public health and emergency preparedness
- Health professions training and education
Health information law
CHSRP researchers engage in extensive and ongoing analysis of the legal issues that arise in the transformation of health information, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting the development of the health information capacity needed to support health care quality improvement and to reduce health disparities.
Institutes & Centers
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