Brian C. Castrucci Archives

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March 17, 2016

The promise of Big Data got a little smaller on March 1, 2016. In a decision that barely registered in […]

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March 10, 2016

In the four years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve […]

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October 29, 2015

When we talk about public health achievements, we often cite fewer people smoking, containing an outbreak like Ebola or MERS, […]

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August 28, 2015

Last night, a mother hurriedly gathered clothes, insurance cards, toys, and medications. She was heading to the ER again because […]

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July 2, 2015

Photo courtesy ep_jhu (CC BY-NC 2.0) There is an 1895 poem by Joseph Malins titled “A Fence or an Ambulance.” […]

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December 5, 2014

Health care in America is designed to manage the consequences rather than the causes of disease. It has created expensive […]

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October 27, 2014

The Ebola epidemic — like SARS, MERS, and H1N1 before it — shines a sudden and intense spotlight on the […]

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March 6, 2014

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