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2010 Potpourri XXIV

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Sitting indoors seeking relief from the summer heat? Here’s a montage of cool and refreshing health care items, including CPOE systems, accountable care organizations, Massachusetts’ reform experience, reducing imaging, and medical management trends.

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Fireworks Potpourri

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We light up the sky with a scintillating selection of health care bombshells. Okay, maybe not that great, but some hopefully useful info on the VA’s health information system, MRIs and emergency cardiac care, business method and process patents, end-of-life care, actuaries’ views on how to control costs and, of course, more issues in Massachusetts.

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The US Health System Stinks…Or Does It?

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The Commonwealth Fund issues one of its regular reports designed to demonstrate how bad the US health system is compared to those of other developed countries. Unfortunately, the report is based almost exclusively on subjective survey data and fails to provide any adjustments to create a truer picture of the status of our system vis-a-vis others.

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CDC Health Status Report

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The Centers for Disease Control issues a massive compendium of health facts and information called Health United States 2009. In addition to basic information regarding health care, it has some description and analysis of particular issues such as use of medical technology.

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