Health Care Quality – Page 38 – Healthy Skeptic

May 10 2010

USA Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals can slow the revolving door that shuttles heart failure patients back into bed within a month of going home by following up promptly to ensure patients get the right outpatient care, a study shows.

Apr 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Provenge: It will be interesting to see what procedures they use to allocate the treatment. A lottery? First-come, first-served? Sickest patients first?

Apr 20 2010

Bloomberg

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The hospitals ranked No. 1 for each of 12 medical specialties were ranked based on reputation scores alone; studies show these were “minimally associated” with objective quality measures

Apr 17 2010

2010 Potpourri XIII

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

More exotic gleamings from the world of health care, including self-directed care, telemedicine, point-of-care diagnostics, HCA, doctor-patient interactions and socio-economic factors in health outcomes.

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Apr 16 2010

USA Today

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It’s low-hanging fruit to rid our system of procedures and tests that we’re spending a lot of money on that are actually making people worse

Apr 14 2010

AHRQ

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

AHRQ: National Healthcare Disparities Report

Apr 14 2010

AHRQ

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AHRQ: National Healthcare Quality Report

Apr 14 2010

New York Times

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The nagging and largely solvable problem of hospital-acquired infections remains as resistant to cure as the germs that contribute to an estimated 100,000 deaths a year

Apr 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress acquiesced to Obama’s insistence that it create a presidentially appointed Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) to craft ways to slow Medicare spending that will take effect automatically unless Congress votes to reject them.

Mar 31 2010

Bloomberg

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The new U.S. health care law will give 32 million more Americans the means to visit physicians who might not have the time — or financial incentive — to see them

Mar 25 2010

BusinessWire

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Ingenix, a leading health information, technology, consulting and services company, announced today that it has expanded its health outcomes measurement capabilities with the acquisition of QualityMetric Incorporated

Mar 19 2010

Commonwealth Fund

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Commonwealth Fund: Report offers recommendations for a comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms that could guarantee affordable coverage for all by 2012, improve health outcomes, and slow health spending growth by $3 trillion by 2020

Mar 12 2010

New York Times

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Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often

Mar 12 2010

Washington Post

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A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans – maybe even President Barack Obama – are being overtreated

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A widely used test to detect blockages in the heart’s arteries often turns up little or no evidence of disease, a new study found

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