Health Care Service Corporation released findings of a study which it says show that members who switched from traditional coverage to a high deductible plan had significant cost savings and used wellness and other health management tools more often.
Physical therapy is widely prescribed for patients with hip arthritis pain. A study in JAMA suggests that this is probably a waste of money. A sham therapy was actually more effective than real physical therapy, perhaps an extreme example of placebo effect. I love these kinds of studies.
According to ZS Associates, physicians continue to make themselves less accessible to drug company sales representatives, with 49% placing moderate to strong restrictions on access compared to only 23% in 2008.
Privacy analytics has received an additional $3.5 million in financing to advance its business of helping providers anonymize data to comply with privacy regulations.
Mednet Solutions, a provider of clinical trial management and electronic data capture software, has received a $4 million investment to grow its business.
Now here is a spooky one--Emulate makes "organs on a chip" to help drug companies analyze and understand living tissue reactions to experimental compounds and has raised $12 million for that business.
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 khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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 khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.