A number of health care organizations have joined with the National Quality Forum to create a consistent, supposedly more limited, set of quality measures to use with providers.
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If you like to wait for your health care, Canada is the place for you, according to a new study from the Frasier Institute.
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A meta-analysis finds mixed outcomes from tele-monitoring of health failure patients.
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The CMS Office of the Actuary releases its annual analysis of national health spending, this one covering 2017.
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The Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker review US health system performance for the last 25 years.
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A report from Doximity discusses physician and nurse practitioner job demand.
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The Altarum Institute has released briefs covering spending and prices for the health care sector for 2018 to date.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economics finds that making health care free does indeed increase utilization.
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A New England Journal of Medicine article summarizes the current status of Medicare Advantage.
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A study from Africa attempts to understand the relative contribution of consumers and physicians to inappropriate drug use.
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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.