Disarmament and Development: An Idea Whose Time Should Have Come

Geoengineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Some engineers and scientists recently have suggested that it would be prudent to consider engaging in geoengineering to mitigate global warming. Geoengineering differs from other methods for mitigating global warming because it involves a deliberate effort to affect the climate at a global scale. Although geoengineering is not a new idea, it has taken on added significance as a result of diffi...

JCHIMP – an idea whose time has come

W ith this issue, we complete Volume 6 of the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (JCHIMP). Volume 6 #6 is the 29th issue over the last 6 years, having published 366 manuscripts. The journal was initially conceived at the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) semi-annual meeting in Minneapolis during the Community Hospital Assembly in 2010. The f...

GIS Certification and Accreditation : An idea whose time has come

This paper makes the case that the time is right for certification and/or accreditation in GIS. The paper begins with a brief history of the debate, and details current trends in the field of GIS that are driving current initiatives in GIS certification and accreditation. The two major driving factors are major growth of the GIS profession, and initiatives coming from the Surveying community. I...

Full disclosure and apology--an idea whose time has come.

The medical home: an idea whose time has come ... again.

Family physicians have always known the value of a medical home, even when there was no term to describe it. Now, 60 years after the AAFP was founded, others are recognizing that medical homes may be the key to getting better value from the U.S. health care system. In recent months, a wide range of stakeholders including legislators, large employers, patient groups and organized medicine have b...