WelVu, which aims to make it easier for patients to remember and follow doctor's orders, has received $1.25 million in seed money. Now if I could just remember where I put that app.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/welvu-gets-1-25m-seed-funding-help-patients-remember-doctors-orders/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ab70bc334d-RSS_Daily+Top+Stories&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-ab70bc334d-67648197An article from Sherlock Company describes favorable characteristics of independent or provider-sponsored health plans.
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A systematic review of research on home care visits designed to keep older adults from being institutionalized finds little evidence that these interventions reduce mortality or increase independent living.
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Some of the most important research in health care isn't about a particular topic, but about how to be sure research is valid. One researcher suggests that most findings from…
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Showing how difficult it is to get consumers to think objectively about their doctors, research published in Health Services Research finds that patients whose doctors rank low on quality measures are no more likely than patients with highly-rated physicians to switch doctors. In fact, they may be more likely to switch health plans if the fact that their doctor is low-rated causes a higher copay.
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2014/patients-are-loyal-to-their-doctors-despite-performance-scoresIn the wall of shame category, the list of the top ten compensated "non-profit" health system CEOs is topped by one earning over $6 million. There is no justification for non-profit, usually tax-exempt systems paying this kind of compensation and it has flow down effects on compensation of others that raises hospital costs significantly.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/ceo-compensation-of-the-25-top-grossing-nonprofit-hospitals-2014.htmlResearch published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds little value in improving outcomes by use of surgical safety checklists.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.