The Puzzling Popularity of Back Surgery in Certain Regions
April 4, 2017
the New York Times | The New Health Care | By AUSTIN FRAKT and JONATHAN SKINNER | FEB. 13, 2017 You might think that once drugs, devices and medical procedures
Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much
April 4, 2017
The New York Times Magazine | By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | MARCH 29, 2017 “… A scan showed she was suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. A vessel had burst, and blood was
Physician Appointment Wait Times Up 30% from 2014
April 4, 2017
Health Leaders | John Commins | March 21, 2017 The survey found that the average rate of physician Medicare acceptance is 85% in the 15 large metro markets and 81%
Workers Who Give Care To The Homebound Often Can’t Afford To Get Their Own
April 4, 2017
KHN Kaiser Health News | By Shefali Luthra March 31, 2017 For more than two decades, Celeste Thompson, 57, a home care worker in Missoula, Mont., had not had regular contact
Markups On Care Can Fatten Hospital Budgets — Even If Few Patients Foot The Full Bill
April 4, 2017
KHN Kaiser Health News | By Chad Terhune April 3, 2017 Few patients pay a hospital’s full price for a procedure or test. But a new study shows why those
Sick after hours? How to navigate your health care options
April 4, 2017
CTMirror | By: Arielle Levin Becker | March 27, 2017 This story is the latest in a series on how to better navigate the health care system. So you’re coming down with
The CT Department of Health Adverse Event Report was released and it is not great news for patients
November 4, 2016
I was recently interviewed for this story, Medical Errors Decline 3 Percent In 2015, on medical errors in Connecticut. Three percent is not enough. We must keep raising peoples awareness that patient
CMS Updates Hospital Results for Patients and Caregivers
August 25, 2016
On July 27th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the results for the following eighteen measures of hospital quality on its patient-oriented website, Hospital Compare (www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html):
Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare
August 8, 2016
Peter Pronovost MD PhD; July 13, 2016 <img alt=”Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare” class=”StretchedBox W(100%) H(100%) ie-7_H(a)” src=”http://l1.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/pGelLrxhyWLHhEQ_rHVqJA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/robb_report_221/d691e2362bfc8c7ee4a9ee6924453fd6″/> These three key questions can transform healthcare decisions.
‘Bag of Pills’: Is It Necessary? Fewer medications is an achievable goal
May 10, 2016
MedPage Today by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — Polypharmacy is a difficult problem for many physicians who treat older patients, but there are steps they can take to cut