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Revitalizing Brownfields using law and policy: Lessons in process from Baraboo, Wisconsin
Black JR , Geick EA . Case Stud Environ 2020 4 (1) 1-12 This case study focuses on laws and policies used in Baraboo, Wisconsin land redevelopment projects, including the state laws that regulate cleanup of environmentally contaminated properties, the authorizing laws behind the projects, and the policies incorporated into the projects. It does this by highlighting two successful land reuse projects in the City of Baraboo, Wisconsin: the Veolia Property and the Alliant Property. During the redevelopment of these brownfield sites, Baraboo sought remedy to environmental contamination and maintain the community's health. Two grant programs assisted Baraboo in achieving these goals: the Wisconsin Department of Commerce Grant and the Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Grant. The Brownfields Grant provided Baraboo the ability to conduct health monitoring with assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. These redevelopment projects in Baraboo demonstrate successful interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the role of law and policy in removing environmental hazards to reuse properties and promote human health by reducing exposure to environmental contaminants. Baraboo used these laws and policies to revitalize brownfields and account for community health in the process. Other localities and states can use Baraboo's experience as a model to redevelop their own contaminated properties and promote environmental health through the use of their jurisdiction's laws and policies. © 2018 by the Regents of the University of California. |
Health information blocking: Responses under the 21st Century Cures Act
Black JR , Hulkower RL , Ramanathan T . Public Health Rep 2018 133 (5) 610-613 Interoperability, or the easy, secure exchange of electronic health information (EHI), is now vital to health care and public health functions, including disease and laboratory reporting.1 Conversely, “information blocking,” or activities that interfere with collecting, using, and exchanging EHI, can seriously harm public health.2 The 21st Century Cures Act (the Act), signed into law on December 13, 2016, establishes a legal framework to: address the use and exchange of health data through health information technology (HIT), strengthen interoperability, and prevent information blocking, among other health-related initiatives.3,4 Before the Act, information blocking was not defined or well understood and could not be effectively prevented, leaving interoperability unprotected. The Act defined these concepts and incorporated them into Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) under “Delivery.” This article describes the issues involved in information blocking, including the federal actions taken to identify the problem, prohibit it, and impose civil penalties for engaging in it, as well as the implications for interoperability. |
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