Fw: Information - The Growth Hormone of the Body Politic

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----- Forwarded Message ----Citizens for Health <infohughman73Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:12:16 AMInformation - The Growth Hormone of the Body Politic

 

 

The symptoms of illness in the Body Politic these days seem almost too numerous to address. It's a challenge to stay on task and keep our discussion to healthcare. The urge is to respond to everything that's going on. But we are Citizens For Health. And healthcare is a fundamental element of the Body Politic and a model for other issues.To prove our point, we offer here the first of a five part series about an important topic that often gets lost in the shuffle when we talk about healthcare reform. It's a topic that could apply to any of the symptoms afflicting us. It's especially acute in healthcare. That topic is information.When we think about healthcare, we usually think about products and practices - their safety, efficacy, access and cost. Healthcare regulation typically addresses these elements. We tend to overlook that information is also regulated. In fact, that's the most

fundamental purpose of healthcare regulation. The way in which information flow is structured shapes how questions of safety and efficacy get asked and answered.Mindful of our past and present theme about the Body Politic - a phrase coined to mean the collective structures and functions of our society - consider that information is to the Body Politic as hormones are to the body. The word hormone has Greek origins meaning "to set in motion" or "to spur on." Healthcare professionals tell us that hormones are the means by which chemical messengers are transported among cells for the purpose of growth, development and energy. The flow of information, like hormones in the body, has an awful lot to do with the growth, development and energy of the Body Politic.It's not farfetched to suggest that we're experiencing a hormonal imbalance or major hormonal changes in the Body Politic. Something in our cultural

growth, development and energy is out of sync. Is there a dynamic about information flow in the Body Politic that we need to reconsider?Tomorrow: How is Healthcare Information to be Regulated in the GAO Report on Supplements and in H. Bill 875?

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----- Forwarded Message ----Hugh Ramsdell <hughman73 Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 3:44:53 PMFw: Information - The Growth Hormone of the Body Politic

 

 

 

----- Forwarded Message ----Citizens for Health <infohughman73Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:12:16 AMInformation - The Growth Hormone of the Body Politic

 

 

The symptoms of illness in the Body Politic these days seem almost too numerous to address. It's a challenge to stay on task and keep our discussion to healthcare. The urge is to respond to everything that's going on. But we are Citizens For Health. And healthcare is a fundamental element of the Body Politic and a model for other issues.To prove our point, we offer here the first of a five part series about an important topic that often gets lost in the shuffle when we talk about healthcare reform. It's a topic that could apply to any of the symptoms afflicting us. It's especially acute in healthcare. That topic is information.When we think about healthcare, we usually think about products and practices - their safety, efficacy, access and cost. Healthcare regulation typically addresses these elements. We tend to overlook that information is also regulated. In fact, that's the most

fundamental purpose of healthcare regulation. The way in which information flow is structured shapes how questions of safety and efficacy get asked and answered.Mindful of our past and present theme about the Body Politic - a phrase coined to mean the collective structures and functions of our society - consider that information is to the Body Politic as hormones are to the body. The word hormone has Greek origins meaning "to set in motion" or "to spur on." Healthcare professionals tell us that hormones are the means by which chemical messengers are transported among cells for the purpose of growth, development and energy. The flow of information, like hormones in the body, has an awful lot to do with the growth, development and energy of the Body Politic.It's not farfetched to suggest that we're experiencing a hormonal imbalance or major hormonal changes in the Body Politic. Something in our cultural

growth, development and energy is out of sync. Is there a dynamic about information flow in the Body Politic that we need to reconsider?Tomorrow: How is Healthcare Information to be Regulated in the GAO Report on Supplements and in H. Bill 875?

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