Value-based Care
What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:30h | UTCWhat Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like? – Harvard Business Review (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery after Vascular Surgery
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:08h | UTCEnhanced Recovery after Vascular Surgery – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:46h | UTC– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 1) – Forbes (free)
– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 2) – Forbes (free)
– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 3) – Forbes (free)
Report: Top 10 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Trends
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:21h | UTCISPOR 2018 – Top 10 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Trends (free PDF)
Commentary: Top 10 Trends Driving Healthcare in 2018 – NewsWise (free)
Systematic Review: Interventions Delivered by Mobile Phones for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:31h | UTC
A Revolution in Health Care is Coming
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:27h | UTCA revolution in health care is coming – The Economist (a few articles per month are free) (via @equitylist)
“Welcome to Doctor You”
Opinion: Pay for performance: a dangerous health policy fad that won’t die – STAT
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:09h | UTCPay for performance: a dangerous health policy fad that won’t die – STAT (free)
See related articles and commentaries on recent studies with disappointing results of P4P Programs
Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:35h | UTCUnnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine – NPR Shots (free)
Original report: First, Do No Harm Calculating Health Care Waste in Washington State (free PDF)
Related commentary: When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes – The Atlantic (free)
Amazon Wants to Disrupt Health Care in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:36h | UTCTechnology: Amazon Wants to Disrupt Health Care in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Preventive Care Saves Money? Sorry, It’s Too Good to Be True
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:02h | UTCPreventive Care Saves Money? Sorry, It’s Too Good to Be True – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Viewpoint: Incorporating Nursing Complexity in Reimbursement Coding Systems
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:36h | UTC
Low-Value Care: An Intractable Global Problem with no Quick Fix
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:16h | UTCEditorial: Low-value care: an intractable global problem with no quick fix – BMJ Quality & Safety (free)
Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCCommentaries in the same issue: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Significant Step Forward and a Model for Other High-Risk Industries (free) AND What an Evidence-based Guideline for Fatigue Risk Management Means for Us: Statements From Stakeholders (free) AND Proposed Performance Measures and Strategies for Implementation of the Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services (free) AND Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Step in the Right Direction Toward Better Sleep Health (free)
Meta-Analysis: Weekend Surgical Care and Postoperative Mortality
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:47h | UTCCommentary: Evidence Supports ‘Weekend Effect’ for Mortality after Surgery – Wolters Kluwer, via NewsWise (free)
“The odds of postoperative mortality were 27 percent higher for patients admitted to the hospital on Saturday or Sunday, compared to those hospitalized on a weekday” (from NewsWise).
5 Ways Poorly Thought out Health IT Can Worsen Patient Safety
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:36h | UTC5 ways poorly thought out health IT can worsen patient safety – KevinMD.com (free)
Spreading Innovative Approaches to Dementia Care
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:34h | UTCIn Focus: Spreading Innovative Approaches to Dementia Care – Commonwealth Fund (free)
See other articles in the series: Transforming Care: Reporting on Health System Improvement (free)
Research: Older Adult-friendly Emergency Department Staff Help Reduce Hospital Admissions
23 Jan, 2018 | 13:28h | UTCCommentaries: Older adult-friendly emergency department staff help reduce hospital admissions – American Geriatrics Society, via EurekAlert (free) AND Emergency department program for older adults cuts hospitalizations by 33 percent – Northwestern University, via EurekAlert (free)
Supporting Patients Through Serious Illness and the End of Life
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:52h | UTC“By proactively managing care for the terminally ill, the Advanced Illness Management program has produced savings of $8,000–$9,000 per patient” (via @commonwealthfnd see Tweet)
Opinion: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying?
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:06h | UTCOpinion: The Less-Is-More Crusade — Are We Overmedicalizing or Oversimplifying? (free)
Commentaries rebutting the opinion: In Defense of Less-Is-More – Medscape (free registration required) AND Has “Less is More” gone too far? The New England Journal says it has – Lown Institute (free) AND Ms. Inappropriate Defends The Status Quo – Cardiobrief (free) AND Nuance And The Healthcare Apocalypse – Cardiobrief (free)
Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:52h | UTCMost Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free)
Perverse Incentives: Do You See What I See?
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:48h | UTCPerverse Incentives: Do You See What I See? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
A Payer’s Perspective on Drug Pricing
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:53h | UTCA Payer’s Perspective on Drug Pricing – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Opinion: For Doctors, Age May Be More Than a Number
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:22h | UTCFor Doctors, Age May Be More Than a Number – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
A Prescription To Reduce Waste In Health Care Spending
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:39h | UTCA Prescription To Reduce Waste In Health Care Spending – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Interventions to Reduce the Overuse of Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCInterventions to Reduce the Overuse of Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
Commentary: Clinical decision support may be best strategy to reduce imaging for pulmonary embolism – ACP Hospitalist (free)