Category Archives: Headline of the Day
When Healthcare Makes You Sick: What surgeons leave behind costs some patients dearly
March 20, 2013Peter Eisler, USA TODAY – March 8, 2013. More than a dozen times a day, doctors sew up patients with sponges and other supplies mistakenly left inside. The mistake costs
CRE – The New Superbug
March 13, 2013A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting lethal infections that, in some cases, are impossible to
Dollars for Docs Mints a Millionaire
March 11, 2013by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 11, 2013 – During the last four years, the 47-year-old Draud has earned more than $1 million for delivering promotional talks and consulting for
Lax Policing of Doctor and Pharmacy Conflicts Is Found in Medicare Coverage Decisions
March 6, 2013NY Times By ROBERT PEAR March 5, WASHINGTON — Deciding which drugs will be covered by Medicare can influence huge amounts of spending, but government officials do little to police conflict of
Developmentally Disabled, Nursing Homes Can Be Dangerous Mix
March 6, 2013By DAVE ALTIMARI, JOSH KOVNER and MATTHEW KAUFFMAN, daltimar@courant.com The Hartford Courant, March 5, 2013 Last April, Barbara Vaccaro called a local Italian restaurant and had a plate of ziti and
Medicare paid $5.1B for poor nursing home care
March 5, 2013Feb. 28, 2013 By: GARANCE BURKE – SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after
Missed diagnoses common in the doctor’s office
March 1, 2013Mon Feb 25, 2013 | Feb 26 (Reuters) – Missed or wrong diagnoses are common in primary care and may put some patients at risk of serious complications, according to
PatientsLikeMe Project Pioneers Use of Outcomes Data That Are Meaningful To Patients
February 27, 2013Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Feb 25, 2013, RWJF has awarded PatientsLikeMe a $1.9 million grant to create the world’s first open-participation research platform to develop patient-centered health outcomes. The
‘Communities of Care’ Model Saves $5 Million In Hospital Costs
February 15, 2013C-HIT By: Lisa Chedekel 2-14-2013 Connecticut has saved an estimated $5.4 million in Medicare costs since 2010 by reducing re-hospitalizations of patients through a collaborative “communities of care” model in
Feds to Publicize Drug and Device Company Payments to Doctors Next Year
February 7, 2013by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber | ProPublica, Feb. 1, 2013 – After years of anticipation, all of the nation’s drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting