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The youthful Silver Creek Dragons have picked the right time of the season to get on a winning streak.
Host Silver Creek won its third game in a row on Friday night by defeating Mid-Southern Conference rival Salem, 53-30.
Dragons' coach Brandon Hoffman said a winning streak at the start of the February was what he was hoping for from his team, which lost all five starters from last year's squad.
"This is what we've been working for all year. Our goal was to peak at the end of the year," said Hoffman, whose squad lost 10 of its first 13 contests. "We knew with a young team that it would be a process. Sometimes the results wouldn't be great early in the year, but it has been a process and I think it's starting to pay off."
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"I'm by no means a rocket scientist. But even I know, there is a coincidence there," Hoffman said.
While keeping their turnovers down, the Dragons were forcing the winless Lions (0-15, 0-7) into several miscues. Salem turned the ball over 21 times, including 13 in the first half. Those errors resulted in several buckets for Creek.
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"Our defense has been really good the last month, and we have a pretty high standard for that on our team. We turned the heat up when we needed to," Hoffman said. "But I still don't think it was very good. I think when we turned it on, sometimes it really didn't bother them. I wish we could've done that the whole time."
Silver Creek's Gabe Bauer and Zach Davidson shared game-high scoring honors with 13 points apiece.
Bauer scored 11 points in the first half, as he was 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. Davidson had a big third quarter with eight points, which included knocking down two 3-pointers to help the Dragons build a 40-20 lead late in the period.
"They were both really aggressive for us," Hoffman said. "Gabe did really well. His strength was attacking the basket and he was 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. Zach had a great all-around game. I thought he was the most aggressive player on the court."
Also for Silver Creek, Shae Durham scored eight points, Lucas Barnett snagged a team-high five rebounds and Layne Taylor made four steals.
Senior center Derek Catlett paced Salem with 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Weedin was impressed with Silver Creek and thinks the Dragons are a team that MSC foes will have to reckon with in the future.
"They have a nice squad," Weedin said. "They have good athletes. They crash the boards really hard and also have some really nice scorers. The Bauer kid is a really nice player. They've got some size and some guards who can handle the ball."
Silver Creek will host Scottsburg (3-12, 2-6 MSC) on Thursday.

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I like this language change feature on this website:
In the top middle there is a link to change your country. What this does is effectively change the language of the website... are there any reliable tools for me to achieve this?
I have a website which has around 30 pages.. however it is not in a CMS/Blog platform, it is all hand coded.. can I still get a decent plugin?
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Hi there,
There's a nice little jQuery plugin called the "Polyglot Language Switcher" which helps you create a dropdown with all of the languages your site supports, plus flag.
You can check it out here: http://www.ixtendo.com/polyglot-lang...jquery-plugin/
Also a quick Google search turns up a bunch more results: http://www.google.com/search?q=jquery+language+switcher
Out of intrest, how many different languages do you want to support?
At work we have the option to switch between English and German. To do this the user just clicks on a flag in the top right hand corner of the page.
We title all German files as normal, e.g. index.html and all English files with a "_en" suffix, e.g. index_en.html.
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Thanks for your reply
I would need Portugese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and possibly Chinese.
Do you have to manually code each page with each translation?
It would be very challenging to have to keep on top of each language as the website grows, do any of the translations work automatically?
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Hi there,
There isn't a plugin out there that will translate your webpage for you, if that's what you're asking.
You could always use Google Translate to do this, but the translations are a bit iffy.
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It is supported in most major frameworks, e.g. Ruby on Rails, as well as in WordPress, PHP and JavaScript.
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Non pro. org. o ITRADEWIND Postage paid Provo, Utah 84601 Permit 70 Utah Technical College at Provo 1395 N. 150 E. Box 1009 Provo,.Utah 84601 VOL. 5. NO. 1 UTAH TECHNICAL COLLE ROVO PTW6UStTT976" A '' ' ' ' ' " I"- J' f - 1 1 .i - N 0 - v ". THE NEW UTAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE at Orera is not only functional, but is also beautiful. Most of the' grass has been Dlanted around the rhic an dot the scenery. This foot bridge is only one example of the beautiful landscaping . P 0Und tte Schools' and trees X) ' ( VJelcomeTo Utah Tech At Provo! This bicentennial year has great meaning and signifance to all of us. It has refreshed our memories of the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. We hope that everyone in this country has been motivated to become a better citizen, to uphold the standards of freedom, and to recognize worthwhile goals of life. This is a banner year at Utah Technical College at Provo for new students and for the students who are returning. This year we move into the first build-ing on our Orem campus. This will involve all of those in the Automotive Trades Department. This building will be ready for your use at the beginning of the Fall Quarter. Two other buildings will be available for occupancy in January of 1977. They will be the Business Education Building and the Student Center. Approximately 1,000 students, or one-third of our enrollment will be on the new school year. These are the finest" facilities in 'the state, and great care has been taken to make them practical and beautiful for your use. We are especially pleased with the Student Center, a facility which has long been needed, and which is being paid for through student funds. You will be proud of this building, and we hope you will invite your families and friends to enjoy it with you. We are glad you are here hope that the time spent wit! will be profitable and meanf ful in your life. Most of you ha v already made one of the most important choices of your life that of what your life's work will be. This choice will give direction and purpose to the rest of your life. We encourage you to use your time here effectively. Your instructors and all personnel of the school are here to help you and to' see that you receive the very best vocational - technical education. Encourage your friends to join you here at Utah Technical College at Provo in sharing the benefits you will receive. WelaDjc forward to a gjjeaSaiith you. n- HvilsnnW SnrencAn - i rlMSilIlMni ' ii I r l lV i Schedule of Events CALENDAR 1976-77 FALL QUARTER Pre-registration July 1 through Sept 22 1976 Registration & Orientation September 23 24 1 976 Instruction Begins September27. 1976 Late Registration Fee in Eftect October 4 1 976 UEAConvention Octobers! 1976 Harvest Holiday October 22, 23. 25, 1 976 Thanksgiving Holiday ' November 25, 26, 1 976 Christmas Vacation December 20. 1976 to January 2. 1977 55 days ot instruction. 57 including registration WINTER QUARTER Pre-registration December 13. 14, 15, 1976 Registration January3, 1977 Instruction Begins January4. 1977 Late Registration Fee in Filed January 11,1 977 Washington's Birthday Holiday February 21 1977 Winter Ouarter Ends March 17 1977 Spring Vacation March 18, 21 ! 1977 52 days ol instruction, 53 including registration SPRING QUARTER Pre-registration March 9, 10, 11 1977 Registration March 22. 1977 Instruction Begins March23. 1977 Late Registration Fee in ! fleet March 30 1 977 Easter Holiday April a! 1977 Memorial Day Holiday May 30, 1977 Spring Quarter Ends June3 1977 51 days of instruction. 52 including registration
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Pay a little more attention to the Mile High City? Wow, THANK YOU; it's been a long time coming! You also mentioned the few other WC teams that have put together impressive streaks this year, but I see the Spurs tiring a bit down the stretch, and the only two teams you mentioned with RECENT successful periods (MEM & DEN), and we just beat Memphis resoundingly. Plus, the Nuggets own the tiebreakers on OKC, MEM and LAC, so if they can keep the intensity and defense up, paired with the ever-present explosive offense, there's no telling how high the Nugs could climb. I was watching the 1st half on the TVs at work during my shift at DISH. The 1st half was competitive at least, but when I got on the bus and turned on my iPad to watch the 2nd half I was happy the Nuggets came out strong and put a few points between the other guys. My DISH Anywhere app lets me take my live TV and DVR anywhere I go (on Android & iOS devices), so I don't have to wait until I get home late to start the DVR! I am so optimistic for the Nugs at this point; they may not be the best team or have the best pedigree in the playoffs, but NOBODY wants to play Denver right now!
Three-Pointers: Nuggets beat Thunder, schedule to claim 13th straight win
By Ben Golliver
The Nuggets defeated the Thunder 114-104 in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, improving to 47-22 on the season. The Thunder dropped to 50-18.
• All hail Denver's streak! The Nuggets' surprising win carried the indelible feel of a statement game, which says something about both them and NBA observers. Denver proved it has some serious resolve, extending its winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games in the NBA's third-toughest place to play (Oklahoma City was 30-4 at home entering Tuesday) on the second night of a road-road, back-to-back against two playoff teams, after escaping the Bulls in overtime Monday. As for NBA observers, we were reminded that we probably should be paying a little more attention to the Mile High City, even as the Heat's record-setting run ensures that Denver's streak will remain in the shadows until they lose.
Because of their insanely difficult early schedule, which was loaded with road games, the Nuggets were one of the easiest teams to forecast making a second-half push. Few teams play as well at home as the Nuggets, so it was a solid bet that they would surge as the home/road disparity evened out. That's happened, and more. The Nuggets are 23-4 over the last two months, with no home losses since Jan. 16. Denver on Tuesday improved to 8-4 on the road during that stretch, a far cry from its 9-15 start away from the Pepsi Center this season.
The quality has been as impressive as the quantity: Denver is 18-6 against teams on pace to make the Western Conference playoffs, having won its last eight such games. Tuesday's victory was thorough: Denver ran up and down the court, won the rebounding battle, scored 72 points in the paint and outexecuted the Thunder down the stretch thanks to point guards Andre Miller and Ty Lawson, who combined for 17 of Denver's final 25 points. Miller, who finished with 20 points and nine assists on his 37th birthday, was a particular problem, as he nearly single-handedly kept the Thunder at bay late in the game.
• Much like the Heat, the Nuggets have been commanding on both sides of the ball during their streak. That's not necessarily what you would expect, given Denver's run-and-gun reputation. This season, the Nuggets rank No. 3 in offensive efficiency (107.6 points per 100 possessions) and No. 11 in defensive efficiency (102.0 points per 100 possessions). During the streak, they've been elite on both ends. Over the last 13 games, Denver's 111.6 offensive rating has been better than any team's mark for the entirety of the season and its 98.6 defensive rating would rank No. 3, behind only Indiana and Memphis. Playing at that level for essentially a month straight is no accident. It's not a matter of high-pace smoke and mirrors, given the quality of competition that the Nuggets have faced during this run.
The big question, of course: Where does this go for a Nuggets franchise that has advanced out of the first round just once since 1994? That's a fair question not only because of the team's recent history — three straight first-round eliminations — but also because the West is so ridiculously loaded that four other teams can claim similar elite levels of play at various points this season. San Antonio, the West's No. 1 seed, had a 16-1 stretch in January and February; Oklahoma City won 12 in a row in November and December; the Clippers reeled off 17 consecutive victories in November and December; and the Grizzlies recently won 14 of 15 in February and March. Playing crème de la crème hoops is simply the rule, not the exception, in the West this season.
• Oklahoma City's defense has crept into the top five in the NBA in efficiency, but you wouldn't know it after watching the Thunder concede 114 points to Denver, the most they've allowed at home this year. This was a fairly out of character night.
Derek Fisher and Kevin Martin are the popular whipping boys on the defensive end, and for good reason. Digging into the on/off statistics for the Thunder's players reveals that Oklahoma City puts up better defensive numbers when Thabo Sefolosha, Kendrick Perkins, Hasheem Thabeet and Reggie Jackson are on the court than when they are off. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Nick Collison and Serge Ibaka, meanwhile, all play meaningful rotation roles, with the Thunder performing even or roughly even on defense with or without them.
The weak links, as expected, are Martin and Fisher. The Thunder play at least five points per 100 possessions worse defensively with each of them on the court; in Fisher's case, Oklahoma City's defensive rating drops from an excellent 97.5 when he's off the court to an abysmal 106.9 when he's on the court. Small sample size applies, as he's been with the Thunder for less than a month, but that is simply unsustainable for a team with championship aspirations. Oklahoma City's offensive efficiency numbers with Fisher, meanwhile, have been very good, mitigating the impact of his defensive woes. There is additional reason for hope: The Thunder were actually better defensively with him on the court compared to off the court during the 2012 playoffs.
Looking ahead to the postseason, Martin's defense, which sees the Thunder drop from 96.7 when he's off the court to 101.9 when he's on the court, will be the bigger issue, as the team will need his shooting to make life easier for Durant and Westbrook, who combined for 59 of Oklahoma City's 104 points Tuesday. James Harden had a similar impact on Oklahoma City's defensive numbers in 2011-12, so all isn't necessarily lost, as long as Martin can deliver the goods on the other end.


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My job is to help people who are suffering emotionally after they (or a family member) have had a bad medical outcome. I have worked at MITSS (Medically Induced Trauma Support Services) for the past eleven years, and on a weekly basis I speak with patients and families from all around the country dealing with the worst that healthcare has to offer. Our focus is on medical harm -- errors, hospital acquired infections, surgeries gone wrong, adverse events – typically resulting in anxiety and depression, fear of medical treatment, family stress, and emotional trauma. More often than not, to add insult to injury, these patients report a startling lack of compassion and stifled, or non-existent, communication with the hospital and medical staff they trusted to care for them. And, their feelings of isolation and confusion only serve to compound the trauma of the precipitating event.
Unfortunately, it is through this lens that I have come to view the healthcare industry. On the positive side, though, I have learned a great deal from wonderful organizations like Health Care for All and from the growing legion of patient advocates and advocacy groups. I have been well schooled on how to become an engaged patient, the importance of advocating for myself and my loved ones, and my rights as a patient or family member.
This past November, my Dad suffered a heart attack while at his winter home in Florida. My six brothers and sisters and I flew down to be with him and spent nine agonizing days in and out of the Cardiac ICU. Ultimately, he was too sick to tolerate surgery, and we made the decision to med-flight him home to a hospice in Needham where he died peacefully a few days later. While he was in Florida, he was only intermittently lucid, so we needed to advocate and communicate for him with the care team.
Over the course of my Dad's hospitalization, my cynicism and mistrust gave way to admiration and respect for his care givers. That stubborn chip on my shoulder melted away as we were treated with dignity and respect, and the lines of communication flowed openly and smoothly. Clinical point people were assigned, phone numbers and emails freely exchanged, and social workers checked in frequently (tracking us down anywhere and everywhere throughout the hospital when need be). Quite amazingly, the doctors and nurses came to know our names (all 7 of us) and even some of the more personal details. For example, they were acutely aware of the fact that my youngest sister had left her 7 month old baby at home for the first time and was torn between staying in Florida with our Dad and going home to her son. Questions were encouraged at any time, meetings were arranged that never seemed rushed, and we were even invited to join in the morning rounds. When our worst fears became a reality, and we were leaving to make the flight home to hospice, there were ample tears and warm hugs on both sides.
My story did not have a happy ending; yet, I look upon the experience with tremendous gratitude for the kindness and compassion that my family was shown. I am also grateful for the open and honest, albeit painful, communication. I think it is important to note, though, that my father's course was not complicated by an adverse event.
When comparing my work and personal experiences, I am left with these questions:
We need to step back and take a fearless look at the patient and family experience following medical harm. Kindness, compassion, honesty, and open communication should be the norm, each and every time, not just when it's easy.
Winifred N. Tobin is the Communications Director for MITSS, a non-profit organization headquartered in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, whose mission is To Support Healing and Restore Hope to patients, families, and clinicians following adverse events.
In her fourth week on the job, Sarah Iselin conducted her third weekly briefing on the progress the Health Connector and MassHealth have made in addressing the application backlog and moving people into coverage. Their "Dashboard" summarizing progress is available on the Connector's alternative web site.
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The Health Connector and MassHealth receive about 1,000 paper applications and 1,000 online applications for health coverage per day. The electronic applications are entered weekly, while the paper applications are placed in the backlog queue.
Jean Yang emphasized that federal open enrollment to purchase unsubsidized coverage ends on March 31st. People need to apply and pay their premium by March 24th for coverage to start on April 1st. Yang continues to encourage people to apply through the website, as people can get coverage more quickly through the online process rather than a paper application, as referenced above.
This is also a busy month for small business, as many businesses renew coverage April 1st. Yang reiterated that the Health Connector website for small businesses is functional, and is the only place small businesses can take advantage of the federal small business tax credits and the state's Wellness Track program.
While working on the short-term workarounds, the Administration continues to evaluate their options for long-term website fixes to create a truly end-to-end system.
The next weekly briefing will occur at the Connector Board meeting next Thursday, March 13th at 9:00am at 1 Ashburton Place, 21st floor. -Suzanne Curry
(To mark Patient Safety Awareness Week, we will be presenting a number of guest blogs. Here's the first:)
During the second season of "I Love Lucy", the infamous duo of Ethel and Lucy find themselves working in a chocolate factory wrapping sweets from a conveyor belt. In a classic television moment, the two women fear they may be fired if they cannot perfectly wrap every chocolate while the unseen conveyor belt operator rapidly increases the speed (see the video above).
This is the story of primary care in the United States. Well-intentioned and skilled providers are faced with increasing demands without support or meaningful orientation. And the demands are increasing. Just as Lucy and Ethel fear losing their jobs, primary care providers worry about endangering their patients. And with every harmed patient, the provider's malpractice risk increases.
A group of Massachusetts primary care offices signed up to make care safer for patients. Over 15 months, a network of 16 small-medium primary care teams worked to remedy selected operational failures that harm patients.
For example, one practice improved their referral system to ensure that every patient was booked with a specialist and followed up. This meant that at-risk patients were provided clear communication and that all providers were working together. After strengthening the processes, the Practice Manager exclaimed, "I don't know how we weren't doing this before!"
This same practice had a scare only 18 months before. After receiving a call about a referred patient who never visited a specialist to have a crucial test, the primary care practice vowed to provide more reliable care to keep patients safe.
Other teams improved medication management, lab test results follow-up and communicating effectively with patients. Together, the group of 16 practices found ways to ensure that no patient was missed and that all patients received safer care.
Like Lucy and Ethel, primary care teams face seemingly insurmountable challenges. However, we found that with coaching to see problems, analyze them, and test solutions to find what works, patients received the care they needed.
In the end, that victory is far sweeter.
(Nicholas Leydon is the Director and Improvement Advisor for the PROMISES Project. To learn more about PROMISIES visit, www.brighamandwomens.org/PBRN/promises
National Patient Safety Awareness Week is this week. The National Patient Safety Foundation designates a week each March to bring added attention to patient safety across the country.
Health Care For All has been involved in patient safety since 2006, bring a consumer perspective to the many patient safety and quality improvement initiatives happening in Massachusetts. One of our major initiatives in recent years has involved working with Patient and Family Advisory Councils (see our PFAC web page) in hospitals across the state as they seek out opportunities to partner with their host facilities to improve care and the care experience.
Many of the PFACs are working on improving patient safety. Some of those initiatives include: working with the hospital on pre-op instructions to patients, assisting staff with post-discharge phone calls to patients and assessing the patients' discharge experiences, educating patients on how to refill their medications post-discharge, education on how to safely dispose of old or un-used medications, helping to revise discharge surveys and discharge forms, participating in the development of apology and disclosure programs, creating a medication card for elderly individuals to keep track of their meds, and more. Hospitals across the state have recognized the value of including the patient and family voice as they are seeking to improve patient safety. This needs to be a team effort and patients and family members must be valued members of those teams.
We look forward to highlighting many of these team efforts at our next PFAC statewide conference on May 14.
- Deb Wachenheim
Today marks the opening of HCFA's role as part of the One Care Ombudsman office. As part of Health Care For All's HelpLine team, I will provide information, education, and advocacy to individuals participating in a One Care plan—a new demonstration project that will coordinate care for individuals with disabilities. There are three Integrated Care Organizations contracting with One Care. Network Health's Unify Program, Fallon Total Care, and Commonwealth Care Alliance plans are available to approximately 90,000 individuals located in nine Massachusetts counties. In order to qualify for One Care, you must be eligible for both Medicare and MassHealth as an individual with a disability.
With One Care, participants actively guide their health care needs by working with a team of health professionals and a care coordinator. Flexibility is key! Enrollees can access care and services beyond the original plans that will keep them healthy and connected to the community. These alternatives to traditional care—from coverage for medical equipment that will alleviate a health issue to community support services—provide an individualized plan to assist members achieve better health outcomes.
Beginning March 3rd, enrollees of the three One Care plans will be able to contact me at HCFA for information regarding their plans. I join HCFA with past experience working with adults and children with disabilities through arts education programming that addressed programmatic and physical accessibility issues. I'm excited to bring my experience to HCFA and the One Care program. Plan participants can reach out to me with any questions or concerns by phone at 1-855-781-9898 or email at email@example.com
I look forward to hearing from you!
Carla Wahnon HelpLine OneCare Ombudsman
This morning's Connector Board meeting served as the second weekly briefing on the Commonwealth's progress in addressing application backlogs and moving people into coverage, while planning for longer-term website fixes. Materials from the meeting are are on the Connector web site (got to About - Leadership - Board Meetings). The key documents are the powerpoint on open enrollment and the latest "dashboard" summarizing enrollment IT progress. Yes, there is progress, though much more remains to be done. Our full report is below.
As of February 1st, there are over 11,000 non-group members enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliant Qualified Health Plans (QHPs):
Sarah Iselin, the special assistant to the Governor for project delivery, as well Secretary Shor (Administration & Finance), Secretary Polanowicz (EOHHS), Kristin Thorn (Medicaid Director), and Jean Yang, (Executive Director of the Health Connector) form the executive committee that oversees planning and execution of plans to address short-term and long-term issues. With the help of contractor Optum , they are in the process of putting together a strategic roadmap. The overarching question is: With pending deadlines of March 31st and June 30th, and open enrollment later in 2014, will the HIX (website and underlying IT system) be ready to support full end-to-end enrollment?
Long-term options for the IT system fix include:
The executive committee mentioned above, with assistance from Optum and advice from the Commonwealth's CIO Bill Oates, is in the process of assessing these options.
While the team continues to assess their long-term options about IT functionality, the focus of their short term efforts include:
Nine tactical work streams have been created to address these priorities.
Application Backlogs
Progress is being made on the application backlog. In the past two weeks:
The second "Massachusetts Health Exchange Dashboard" includes a visual representation of these numbers.
Customer Service
Several MassHealth and Connector customer service issues and themes have been identified, including:
About 49% of calls to customer service are from residents who want to know whether their application has been received, where the application is in the process and whether they are likely eligible for coverage. The problem is that customer service staff do not have access to the appropriate programs to see this information.
Optum recommended several courses of action to address these issues.
Website Infrastructure
In terms of IT capabilities, Optum has helped implement new tools to monitor IT system and website performance and identify issues right away. In addition, Optum added hardware and memory to increase capacity of the system, and implemented IT service management processes to address problems and root causes and keep a record of changes made to the IT system and website.
Commonwealth Care & Transitional Coverage Extension, Commonwealth Choice Transition
It isn't often that an organization as busy as Health Care For All has the opportunity to take a deep breath, look at the challenges ahead, appreciate our staff and volunteers and strategize about the most effective way to interact, invite, engage and move toward our mission in cyberspace. Fortunately, we have carved out the time and today you are invited to see the results. hcfama.org has been redesigned to be a more inviting and accessible tool for all. It isn't perfect yet, but our expectations are high that this update of our website will allow us to accelerate our successes.
I find myself wanting to shout "The new phonebook is HERE! The new Phone Book is HERE!!" but the 1979 Steve Martin reference is not quite universal in the halls of 30 Winter Street, to say nothing of the antiquated notion of an alphabetical list of phone numbers in hard copy. What is unanimous however is Health Care For All's need for and creative use of technology to do the work we were founded nearly 30 years ago to do – to create a more consumer centered health care system that is accessible, affordable, and delivers patient centered and culturally competent comprehensive care for everyone.
The tools at our disposal to do our jobs may have changed, but the basic value placed on each person's story and experience has not changed at all. Welcome to the new hcfama.org. Please come and explore and let us know what you think. Our expectation is that conveying updates and information will be much easier, and engaging constituents and educating consumers will have fewer barriers as we work hard to improve our health care delivery system!
-Amy Whitcomb Slemmer
The State House New Service has already dubbed Sarah Iselin as the "Health Connector web czar." And her official title is apparently "Special Assistant to the Governor for Project Delivery." Whatever her title, she's making big steps forward..
Today she released the first "Massachusetts Health Exchange Dashboard." The document includes the following updates of progress made this week:
These were encouraging signs of progress. We particularly commend the administration for the transparency around their work. While there is still a long way to go, were are pleased to see substantial advances being reported today.
The Health Policy Commission (HPC) answered this question in its full commission meeting this week on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. As David Seltz stated in his Executive Director report, the agenda for Wednesday's meeting was short, but very important. According to the final report from the HPC regarding Partners Health Care System's proposed acquisition of South Shore Hospital and Harbor Medical Associates, the answer to this question is written in the data or, more accurately, in the lack of data. Without abstention, The HPC voted to approve the final report recommending that Partners' proposed acquisition should not proceed. Also up for a vote were the final regulations from the Office of Patient Protection (OPP) on health insurance consumer protection. Materials from today's meeting can be found here, and our full report on details from the meeting is on the backside.


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Flight Plans Newsletter
Saturday, March 15 & Sunday, March 16
Many of the unique, priceless, and historically significant aircraft found at aviation museums world-wide owe their continued existence to the hard work and dedication of aviation archaeologists. The Museum of Flight is excited to host a two-day long Aviation Archaeology Symposium, featuring many of the foremost experts on aircraft recovery and crash-site preservation. Each day will feature a full schedule of hour-long presentations exploring all aspects of aviation archaeology, including amazing stories of specific recovery operations of some irreplaceable aviation artifacts.
Did you know that 2014 marks the Museum's 49th anniversary? What started as a small collection of aircraft on display at the Seattle Center in 1965 is now the premier educational aviation and space museum in the world.
You can help us kick off year 49--and gear up for year 50--with an easy online donation of $49 today.
Thank you for your continued support The Museum of Flight! We hope to see you soon.
The Museum of Flight's Aerospace Camp Experience is an American Camp Association (ACA) accredited day camp for the child who is excited about aerospace and aviation! The Aerospace Camp Experience is the recipient of the ACA Gordie Hamilton Award for Excellence in Camping Programming.


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