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- Kathleen Sebelius and David Durenburger on How the ACA Will Improve Health Care DeliveryOn the Commonwealth Fund Blog, HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius discusses how the health reform law will help ensure coordinated and patient-centered health care delivery, and Senator David Durenberger explains why he's optimistic about the law's implementation.
- Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Delivery System Innovation and ImprovementNearly nine of 10 leaders in health care and health care policy believe current financial interests and lack of incentives for integration are barriers to the growth of accountable care systems, according to the latest Health Care Opinion leaders survey. Also see blog posts by HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius and former U.S. Senator David Durenberger.
- The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Delivery System Innovation and ImprovementNearly nine of 10 leaders in health care and health care policy believe current financial interests and lack of incentives for integration are significant barriers to the growth of accountable care systems.
- Experts Believe Lack of Incentives and Financial Interests Are Barriers to Integrated and Accountable CareNearly nine of 10 leaders in health care and health care policy think that the lack of incentives and current financial interests of providers and other stakeholders are barriers to moving health care toward more integrated and accountable delivery models.
- The Triple Aim Journey: Improving Population Health and Patients' Experience of Care, While Reducing CostsThese three case studies of organizations participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim initiative shed light on how partnering with providers and organizing care can improve the health of a population and patients' experience while lowering—or at least reducing the rate of increase in—the per capita cost of care.
- Kathleen Sebelius and David Durenburger on How the ACA Will Improve Health Care Delivery
- RWJF Health Reform News
- Health Care Reform: Employees Face Greater Cost-SharingAmericans who have health insurance through large, employer-sponsored health plans will see a number of plan design changes in 2011, and they'll be paying more for that coverage, employers and benefits consultants say.
- U.S. Health Chief Slams Insurers for ‘Misinformation’ on Obama’s OverhaulHealth insurers were criticized by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for “falsely blaming” premium increases on the health law signed in March by President Barack Obama.
- Malpractice Reform No “Silver Bullet” for Skyrocketing Healthcare SpendingThe Republican chairman of the Congressional Healthcare Caucus this week said that medical liability reform is no cure for the nation's skyrocketing healthcare spending.
- Consumers Unsure About Healthcare Changes: PollMost U.S. adults are still not sure when they will see certain changes from major healthcare reforms passed earlier this year, according to a new survey.
- Community Hospitals Scramble to Survive, Stay IndependentWhen Claire Contos needed colon-cancer surgery recently, she could have gone to a top teaching hospital in Boston, 13 miles north of here. Instead, she chose the Quincy Medical Center.
- Health Care Reform: Employees Face Greater Cost-Sharing
- NY Times Health Policy
- Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for NowThe ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.
- After Fine, Botox Awaits Approval for MigraineAllergan will pay $600 million for its marketing tactics while the F.D.A. decides on the drug’s use for migraines.
- First Lady Asks Congress to Join Childhood Obesity FightDeclaring the beginning of the “next phase” of a program to combat childhood obesity, Michelle Obama called on Congress to pass legislation that would make many of the program’s initiatives possible.
- At Hospitals, New Methods With a Focus on DiversityAs more immigrants crowd their waiting rooms, a growing number of hospitals are adopting practices intended to improve care for an increasingly diverse patient population.
- Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in StudiesA heavy reliance on emergency rooms care is seen as a sign of weaknesses in the primary health care system.
- Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for Now
- WaPo Health
- India's market in generic drugs also leads to counterfeiting IN NEW DELHI Private investigator Suresh Sati rattled off the popular brand names listed on the boxes of cough syrup, supplements, vitamins and painkillers sprawled across the desk and shelves in his basement office. Generic drug - India - Pharmacy - Asia - Government
- Stem cell funding gets reprieve Appeals court allow human embryonic stem cell research funding to resume. Stem cell - Biotechnology - Biology - Stem Cell Research - Science and Technology
- CDC: Adults eating less fruit, not enough veggies ATLANTA -- An apple a day? Apparently not in the United States. Fruit - Health - Eating - Home - Food
- FDA considers approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption The Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, a highly anticipated decision that is stirring controversy and could mark a turning point in the way American food is produced. Food and Drug Administration - Science and Technology - Biotechnology - Genetics - Genetic engineering
- Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers NEW YORK -- A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online. Laser - Health - United States - Physics - Ophthalmology
- India's market in generic drugs also leads to counterfeiting
- Boston Globe Health Blog
- Today's GlobeA federal appeals court yesterday temporarily allowed federally funded human embryonic stem cell research to resume, the latest twist in a court case that has left the scientific community in limbo. A deeply mysterious species freshwater jellies ...
- Union, women's group urge Levy's ousterBy Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff The states largest health care union, 1199SEIU, and the Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization for Women today called on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center board to fire chief executive Paul Levy at its...
- Fighting antibiotic resistance with economicsAntibiotic resistance is a vexing public health problem. Bacteria have grown immune to what once were known as wonder drugs, rendering some infections untreatable by the standard arsenal of medications. The long-term solution isnt just creating more kinds of...
- Two new West Nile virus cases reportedBy Stephen Smith, Globe Staff An elderly woman from Worcester County and a woman from Middlesex County have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, bringing to five the number of people who have fallen seriously ill this summer from mosquito-borne...
- Today's GlobeIt was front page news four years ago when Dr. Robert Haddad was forced from his job as head of the regions Catholic health care system, over allegations that he had sexually harassed several female employees. In a five-hour...
- Today's Globe
- LA Times Health Blog
- Health Affairs Blog
- August HA Blog Most-Read List Features Posts On Meaningful UseThe meaningful use of electronic health records is the topic of several of the most-read Health Affairs Blog posts for August. Included in the list is a post on meaningful use written jointly by health IT national coordinator David Blumenthal and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Don Berwick. Additional posts provide perspectives on meaningfu […]
- How Will Reform Affect Health Spending?U.S. health spending is projected to reach nearly $4.6 trillion by 2019, growing at an average annual rate over the next decade of 6.3 percent, according to economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). By 2019, health care is projected to account for nearly one of every five U.S. dollars spent, or [...]
- New Health Affairs: Acute But Nonemergency Patients Going To ERsThe busy daytime schedules of office-based primary care doctors, coupled with limited access to primary care services, have led a large number of Americans to seek care in hospital emergency departments, even when the problem may not be an emergency. According to a new study in the September issue of Health Affairs, more than a quarter [...]
- In New Health Affairs Issue: Medical Liablity Costs And ER UseMedical malpractice and reform proposals have been a longstanding battleground of U.S. health policy. On the one hand, studies have shown that health care is rife with errors and avoidable injury to patients. On the other, doctors and hospitals fear frivolous lawsuits and resent high malpractice insurance premiums. It’s been generally agreed that one resul […]
- Which Children Are Uninsured And How Can We Insure Them?At the beginning of this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an initiative called Connecting Kids to Coverage, designed to identify (and subsequently enroll) the nearly five million uninsured children thought to be eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In the past it had been difficult [. […]
- August HA Blog Most-Read List Features Posts On Meaningful Use
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