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Mar 14 2013

ehr

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey by the American College of Physicians indicates that there is rapidly growing and deep dissatisfaction with EHRs among physicians, with most feeling it doesn’t improve care and reduces productivity. Yippee, another health reform law triumph!

Mar 13 2013

hosp

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A study presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology suggests that in low volume hospitals, patients receive less guideline adherent care for ovarian cancer than do patients in high-voume centers.

Mar 13 2013

gv

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A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that greater spending on the care of advanced cancer patients does not appear to improve survival.

Mar 11 2013

ref

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey suggests that few health plans meet all the benefit requirements for the reform act’s mandated packages, which just adds another layer of higher cost caused by the law.

Mar 11 2013

cost

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study in Health Affairs indicates that most patients do not like providers to be focused on costs in making treatment decisions, posing a hurdle to the theory that informed patients will choose less costly care.

Mar 08 2013

cis

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey by Cisco reveals that consumers are increasingly comfortable with obtaining physician visits online.

Mar 08 2013

aco

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A number of the Medicare ACOs are unhappy with how CMS is proposing to measure quality for bonus payments.

Mar 08 2013

ncpa

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A report from the National Center for Policy Analysis suggests that regulations under the reform law are making prescription drugs cost more for consumers and payers than they otherwise would.

Mar 07 2013

uba

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to one survey of CDHPs, the number of people enrolled in these plans and the savings associated with them are declining, contradicting other research.

Mar 07 2013

hit

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, use of EHRs can double the cancer colon screening rate, which may be good for quality but indicates how EHRs are as likely to drive spending up as reduce it.