A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open finds savings and no harm from using a single-source approach to medical device procurement.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association has a lengthy analysis of medical product marketing spending over the last two decades.
The Food & Drug Administration releases guidance on issues related to health care software.
A study in JAMA suggests that the FDA’s review of high-risk medical devices hasn’t been as thorough as it should be.
A PWC Health Research Institute report explores the changing role of some medical device manufacturers.
A research paper from UHC, the consortium of academic medical centers, finds that physician preference items, such as cardiac or orthopedic devices, are often used without regard to their actual quality or cost outcomes. Customizing devices, waste and devices mismatched to patient characteristics were significant contributors to the problem.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uhc-study-variations-in-use-of-physician-preference-items-affect-patient-outcomes-and-costs-300058774.htmlThe FDA has issued a crystal-clear guidance bearing on the immense proliferation of wellness devices and apps.
Randomized clinical trials theoretically are the most trustworthy form of research, but an article in JAMA finds that reanalyses of data from such trials often comes to a different conclusion than the original analysis.
AdvaMed, a trade association for the medical device industry, put out a paper claiming that medical devices have played no role in the increase in health care spending.
A PriceWaterhouseCooper Report finds that funding for life sciences companies seems to be lagging that for other industries, with potential positive and negative implications.
Can technology be a significant driver of health spending? You betya, look at robotically-assisted surgery. A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that in the case of hysterectomy, robotic surgery has increased greatly, with no improvement in health outcomes and higher spending.
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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 [email protected]com.
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