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The Envision Healthcare (EVHC) case examines the operations of one of EVHC’s divisions, EmCare, a national physician services outsourcing company. The case describes EmCare’s controversial use of out-of-network billing for a significant share…

Slides from a workshop on writing cases for public health education.

Guidance on designing a course to facilitate student learning, from Professor Nancy Kane, covering topics including: Is your course description clear and engaging? Does your syllabus provide a framework for the course that is logical and supported by…

Watch a demonstration of Prof. Nancy Kane teaching public health with the case method. (Part 3 of 3, 3 minutes)

Watch a demonstration of Prof. Nancy Kane teaching public health with the case method. (Part 2 of 3, 17 minutes)

Watch a demonstration of Prof. Nancy Kane teaching public health with the case method. (Part 1 of 3, 10 minutes)

“Suffolk County is experiencing elevated cardiovascular disease mortality relative to New York State,” explained Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, Commissioner for the Department of Health Services of Suffolk County. Given the general affluence of the area, he finds…

In October 2008, Dr. Richard Mgaga, Head of the Malaria Control Programme in Uganda reviewed the monthly malaria statistics report for the district of Apac, which in April of 2008 had undergone a pilot indoor residual spraying (IRS) program using DDT in…

Dale Morse, MD, MS, could feel the tension rising in the room. He was chair of a special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) called for July, 2009, that would make recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on…

In January 2003, Dr. David Acheson, the new Chief Medical Officer of Health of the FDA was charged by his boss with working jointly with the EPA to develop a comprehensive set of federal guidelines for fish consumption for all Americans. The guidelines…