A study carried by JAMA finds that emotional support meetings did not help the families of critically ill patients.
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An AHRQ report assesses evidence for the efficacy of telehealth and telemedicine functionality.
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A meta-review in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care confirms that much care provided near the end of a patient's life does little good.
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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ provides an all-payer look at what happens after patients are discharged from the hospital.
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Health Sparq publishes a report of health care shopping behaviors.
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A Medscape Survey examines attitudes of employed and self-employed physicians.
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A grand list of researchers evaluate the first two years of Medicare's comprehensive primary care initiative.
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Based on a survey of employers, PWC's Health Research Institute expects commercial medical trend to continue to be "moderate" in 2017.
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The New England Journal of Medicine carries an analysis of early Medicare ACO results.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation releases a brief summarizing the trends in 2017 exchange premiums to date.
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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.