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Mar 19 2014

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-scores
Mar 13 2014

A study in JAMA is the latest to recognize the health burdens that caregiving by family or friends may place on the caregiver and to suggest things that can be done to alleviate those burdens.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1840211
Feb 07 2014

HHS has proposed a rule that would require most clinical laboratories to allow patients to have access to the results of their lab tests.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-02-06/pdf/2014-02280.pdf
Feb 06 2014

HHS Rule on Lab Test Result Access

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-02-06/pdf/2014-02280.pdf
Jan 28 2014

Noted health economist Uwe Reinhardt, in a JAMA viewpoint, suggests that price transparency is a "disruptive innovation" for health care, particularly when linked to reference pricing.  This assumes, however, that patients are more interested in price than in a relationship with a particular doctor, and that consumers have sufficient incentives to care about price.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1769895
Jan 02 2014

In the "duh" category, research in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that particularly for new drivers, use of cell phone significantly raises the risk of accidents.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1204142?query=featured_home
Dec 31 2013

AHRQ has published a report on how to most effectively communicate health information and research findings to various audiences.

http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=1756
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